Chapitre 6. Anatolian

1. Introduction The Anatolian branch of Indo-European is attested in written documents from what is now Turkey and Northern Syria dating from approximately the sixteenth century B. C. to the first centuries A. D. To this group belong at least Hittite, Palaic, Luvian, Lycian and Lydian. I will argue below that we should add Carian, Pisidian and Sidetic, but the linguistic affiliation of these poorly attested and understood languages remains controversial, and in any case they can contribute li..