Lydian language
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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.
Lydian | |
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Region | Lydia |
Ethnicity | Lydians |
Era | attested ca. 700–200 BCE |
Lydian alphabet | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | xld |
xld | |
Glottolog | lydi1241 Lydian |
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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]