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Preferred term

plqPalaic  

Type

  • Language

Definition

  • Palaic is an extinct Indo-European language, attested in cuneiform tablets in Bronze Age Hattusa, the capital of the Hittites. Its name in Hittite is palaumnili, or "of the people of Pala"; Pala was probably to the northwest of the Hittite core area, so in the northwest of present mainland Turkey. That region was overrun by the Kaskas in the 15th century BC, and the language likely went out of daily use at that time.

Entry terms

  • Palaic language

ISO 639-3 code

  • plq

Notation

  • plq

In other languages

  • Palaïte

    French

  • Palaische Sprache

    German

  • Lingua palaica

    Italian

URI

http://lexvo.org/id/iso639-3/plq

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