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Lydian is an extinct Indo-European[1] Anatolian language spoken in the region of Lydia, in western Anatolia (now in Turkey). The language is attested in graffiti and in coin legends from the late 8th century or the early 7th century to the 3rd century BCE, but well-preserved inscriptions of significant length are so far limited to the 5th century and the 4th century BCE, during the period of Persian domination. Thus, Lydian texts are effectively contemporaneous with those in Lycian.
Strabo mentions that around his time (1st century BCE), the Lydian language was no longer spoken in Lydia proper but was still being spoken among the multicultural population of Kibyra (now Gölhisar) in southwestern Anatolia, by the descendants of the Lydian colonists, who had founded the city.[2]
^Bonfante, Giuliano; Bonfante, Larissa (1983). The Etruscan Language: An Introduction. Manchester University Press. p. 50. ..confirmed by an analysis of the Lydian language, which is Indo-European..
^N. P. Milner (1998). An Epigraphical Survey in the Kibyra-Olbasa Region conducted by A S Hall (Monograph). British Institute of Archaeology at Ankara.
Lydian is an extinct Indo-European Anatolian language spoken in the region of Lydia, in western Anatolia (now in Turkey). The language is attested in graffiti...
region in western Anatolia, who spoke the distinctive Lydianlanguage, an Indo-European language of the Anatolian group. Questions raised regarding their...
The ethnic group inhabiting this kingdom are known as the Lydians, and their language as Lydian and their capital was Sardis. The Kingdom of Lydia existed...
intended characters. Lydian script was used to write the Lydianlanguage. Like other scripts of Anatolia in the Iron Age, the Lydian alphabet is based on...
Lydian in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Lydian may refer to: Lydians, an ancient people of Anatolia Lydianlanguage, an ancient Anatolian language...
The Lydian religion refers to the mythology, ritual practices and beliefs of the Lydians, an ancient people of Iron Age Anatolia. Based on limited evidence...
understanding of the language and, second, to a number of features not shared with any other Anatolian language. The Lydianlanguage is attested in graffiti...
contemporary inscriptions in the Lydianlanguage. In 2019, D. Sasseville and K. Euler published a research of Lydian coins apparently minted during his...
the Lydianlanguage was in use. The name Lydia has been derived from the name Luwiya (Lydian *lūda- < *luw(i)da- < luwiya-, with regular Lydian sound...
Lydian Nadhaswaram (born 5 September 2005) is an Indian musician from Chennai, Tamil Nadu. In 2019, he appeared on The World's Best on CBS and won, earning...
(2017). "An Agreement between the Sardians and the Mermnads in the LydianLanguage?". Indogermanische Forschungen. 122 (1): 265–294. doi:10.1515/if-2017-0014...
Lydian empire's eastern frontier. The Gordium site reveals a considerable building program during the 6th century BC, under the domination of Lydian kings...
romanized: lábrys) is, according to Plutarch (Quaestiones Graecae 2.302a), the Lydian word for the double-bitted axe. In Greek it was called πέλεκυς (pélekys)...
The Lydian Chromatic Concept of Tonal Organization is a 1953 jazz music theory book written by George Russell. The book is the founding text of the Lydian...
Thraco-Phrygian word for earth than it is to prove the priority of the Lydian baki- over Bacchus as a name for Dionysos".M.L.West derives the Phrygian...
Porsopa Πρεῖϝυς Preivus Σϝαρδιας Svardias and Ισϝαρδιας (Lydian: Sfardẽtiš, 'inhabitant of the Lydian capital Sfard, Sardes') Ͷαναξίωνυς Wanaxiônus Φορδισία...
The Lydian script, an alphabet used to record the Lydianlanguage from ca. the 5th to 4th centuries BCE; a related script is the "Para-Lydian" alphabet...
Manisa, Turkey. It was the "Rosetta Stone" for the decipherment of the Lydianlanguage. The Aramaic inscription begins by stating the date as the tenth year...
original name due to its transmission to the Greek language through the intermediary of the Lydianlanguage, which did not distinguish between the voiced and...
finer grain than jasper, and less splintery than hornstone. It was the Lydian stone or touchstone of the ancients. It is mentioned and its use described...
of Anatolian and particularly Lydian loanwords, as for example here where he addresses Zeus with the outlandish Lydian word for 'king' (nominative πάλμυς):...
Halicarnassus who decidedly argues against an Etruscan-Lydian relationship. The Indo-European Lydianlanguage is first attested some time after the Tyrrhenian...
similar to the name Tarḫuniya (𒋻𒄷𒉌𒀀), meaning lit. 'Tarḫunzas-like'. A Lydian cognate of the name Warpallawas is attested in the form Ourpalos (Ουρπαλος)...
Kârun Treasure is the name given to a collection of 363 valuable Lydian artifacts dating from the 7th century BC and originating from Uşak Province in...
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