 | This article may be too technical for most readers to understand. (April 2020) |
| Indo-Aryan superstrate in Mitanni | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Mitanni |
| Region | Upper Mesopotamia |
| Ethnicity | Indo-Aryan peoples of Mitanni |
| Extinct | (date missing) |
Indo-European
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| Cuneiform | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | None (mis) |
Some loanwords in the variant of the Hurrian language spoken in Mitanni during the 2nd millennium BCE are identifiable as originating in an Indo-Aryan language; these are considered to constitute an Indo-Aryan superstrate in Mitanni (or in Mitanni Hurrian). The words are theonyms, proper names and technical terminology related to horses (hippological).[1]
It is generally believed that Indo-Aryan peoples settled in Upper Mesopotamia and northern Syria, and established the kingdom of Mitanni following a period of political vacuum, while also adopting Hurrian. This is considered a part of the Indo-Aryan migrations.[2][3][4]
- ^ Kümmel 2022, p. 246.
- ^ Sigfried J. de Laet 1996, p. 562.
- ^ Beckwith 2009, pp. 39–41.
- ^ Bryce 2005, p. 55.