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Hurrian
Native toMitanni
RegionNear East
Eraattested 2300–1000 BC
Language family
Hurro-Urartian
  • Hurrian
Writing system
Neo-Assyrian cuneiform
Language codes
ISO 639-3xhu
Linguist List
xhu
Glottologhurr1240
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Hurrian is an extinct Hurro-Urartian language spoken by the Hurrians (Khurrites), a people who entered northern Mesopotamia around 2300 BC and had mostly vanished by 1000 BC. Hurrian was the language of the Mitanni kingdom in northern Mesopotamia and was likely spoken at least initially in Hurrian settlements in modern-day Syria.

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