Milyan language

Milyan
Lycian B
RegionMilyas, Anatolia
EthnicityMilyae
EraFirst millennium BCE
Early forms
Lycian script
Language codes
ISO 639-3imy
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Glottologmily1238

Milyan, also known as Lycian B and previously Lycian 2, is an extinct ancient Anatolian language. It is attested from three inscriptions: two poems of 34 and 71 engraved lines, respectively, on the so-called Xanthian stele (or Xanthian Obelisk, found at Xanthos (which was known to the Lycians as Arñna), and another, shorter, inscription (nine lines) on a sarcophagus at Antiphellus (Habessus). All three poems are divided in strophes.