Anatolian

The Anatolian languages are a group of completely extinct ancient languages. Because they died out over a thousand years ago, they are not spoken in any modern countries or territories today.
The Bronze Age Peak (c. 2000–1200 BCE): The most famous and heavily recorded Anatolian language is Hittite, the official language of the mighty Hittite Empire. Other prominent contemporary languages included Luwian and Palaic. They were written primarily using cuneiform script and Anatolian hieroglyphs.The Iron Age Successors (c. 1200–300 BCE): Following the dramatic collapse of the Bronze Age, smaller descendant languages flourished in localized kingdoms. These included Lydian, Lycian, and Carian, which shifted to using alphabets derived from or related to Greek. Following the conquests of Alexander the Great, the region underwent rapid and intense Hellenization (cultural and linguistic Greek assimilation). Over the subsequent centuries, local populations gradually abandoned their native tongues in favor of Koine Greek. The final remnants, such as the poorly-attested Isaurian and Pisidian languages, faded away entirely by the 5th or 6th century CE during the early Byzantine period.