| Proto-Anatolian | |
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| Reconstruction of | Anatolian languages |
| Region | Anatolia |
| Era | c. 3000 BC |
Reconstructed ancestor | |
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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]
- ^ Melchert forthc., 7f.