Pala (Anatolia)

Pala
Pala
Unknown–at the latest 1178 BC
The location of Pala in Northern Bronze Age Anatolia
The location of Pala in Northern Bronze Age Anatolia
CapitalUnknown
Common languagesPalaic
Religion
Palaic religion
Historical eraBronze Age
• Established
Unknown
• Disestablished
at the latest 1178 BC
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Hattians
Paphlagonia
Today part ofTurkey

Pala (Cuneiform: pa-la-a)[1] was a Bronze Age country in Northern Anatolia. Little is known of Pala except its native Palaic language and its native religion. Their language shared common innovations with Luwian not present in the Hittite language suggesting a prior Luwian-Palaic linguistic complex.[2]

  1. ^ Maciej Popko: Völker und Sprachen Altanatoliens. Wiesbaden 2008, p. 60-61.
  2. ^ The Indo-European Language Family: A Phylogenetic Perspective, p. 7. N.p., Cambridge University Press, 2022.