Tablet inscribed in Hittite Cuneiform
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DISCLAIMER: This script is still being researched
| Alternate Names | Luwian hieroglyphs, Hittite Hieroglyphs |
|---|---|
| ISO 15924 | Hluw 080 |
| Type | Morphographic Syllabary |
| Family | Indo-European |
| Direction | Boustrophedon |
| Diacritics | No |
| Contextual Forms | No |
| Capitals Used | No |
| Glyphs | 375 |
| Earliest Location | North-central Anatolia |
| Earliest Date | ~1800 BCE |
| Latest Date | 1300 BCE |
| Ancestry |
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Hittite is closely linked with Luwian and historically, researchers believed that the two forms of cuneiform were the same. The Unicode is the same for both languages. Presumably, Unicode will alter the writing codes to reflect this in the future.
For more information, please visit the Wikipedia hyperlink below.
| Author | Year | Publication | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gragg, Gene | 1996 | The World's Writing Systems, Mesopotamian Cuneiform "Other Languages", 65-70 | Oxford University Press |