Proto-Anatolian language

Proto-Anatolian
Reconstruction ofAnatolian languages
RegionAnatolia
Erac. 3000 BC
Reconstructed
ancestor

Proto-Anatolian is the proto-language from which the ancient Anatolian languages emerged (i.e. Hittite and its closest relatives). As with almost all other proto-languages, no attested writings have been found; the language has been reconstructed by applying the comparative method to all the attested Anatolian languages as well as other Indo-European languages.

Craig Melchert, an expert on the Anatolian languages, estimates that Proto-Anatolian began to diverge c. 3000 BC, in any case no later than c. 2500 BC.[1]

  1. ^ Melchert forthc., 7f.