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Milyan
Lycian B
RegionMilyas, Anatolia
EthnicityMilyae
EraFirst millennium BCE
Language family
Indo-European
  • Anatolian
    • Luwo-Lydian
      • Luwo-Palaic
        • Luwic
          • Lyco-Carian
            • Carian–Milyan
              • Milyan
Early forms
Proto-Indo-European
  • Proto-Anatolian
Writing system
Lycian script
Language codes
ISO 639-3imy
Linguist List
imy
Glottologmily1238

Milyan, also known as Lycian B and previously Lycian 2, is an extinct ancient Anatolian language. It is attested from three inscriptions: two poems of 34 and 71 engraved lines, respectively, on the so-called Xanthian stele (or Xanthian Obelisk, found at Xanthos (which was known to the Lycians as Arñna), and another, shorter, inscription (nine lines) on a sarcophagus at Antiphellus (Habessus). All three poems are divided in strophes.

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Xanthian Obelisk

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dynast standing on top. The three languages are Ancient Greek, Lycian and Milyan (the last two are Anatolian languages and were previously known as Lycian...

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