Lycian
Extinct languageLanguage Information
Lycian was spoken in ancient Lycia, on the southwestern coast of Anatolia (Turkey). It is extinct.
Lycian was an Anatolian language, closely related to Luvian. It is known from about 200 inscriptions, many on rock-cut tombs, dating from the 5th and 4th centuries B.C., written in an alphabet derived from Greek.
Lycian was an Anatolian language, closely related to Luvian. It is known from about 200 inscriptions, many on rock-cut tombs, dating from the 5th and 4th centuries B.C., written in an alphabet derived from Greek.
- Language Family
- Indo-European
- Subgroup
- Anatolian