Anatolian languages

Branch of the Indo-European language family spoken in Anatolia from the 3rd millennium BCE to the early centuries CE. The attested Anatolian languages are Hittite, Palaic, Cuneiform Luwian (Luvian), Hieroglyphic Luwian, Lycian, Lydian, Carian, and possibly Pisidian and Sidetic. Hittite, by far the most copiously attested of the group, is known chiefly from a vast archive of cuneiform tablets found from 1906 onward at the Hittite capital city, Hattusa, near the modern town of Bogbreveazkale (formerly Bogbreveazköy), Tur. By the late Roman or early Byzantine period at the latest, the Anatolian languages had all become extinct. Several non-Indo-European languages of ancient Anatolia are known from cuneiform texts: Hattian (Hattic), spoken in central and northern Anatolia before the coming of the Hittites and known solely from words and texts preserved by Hittite scribes; Hurrian, spoken in the 3rd and 2nd millennia BCE in northern Mesopotamia and southeastern Anatolia; and Urartian (Urartean), known from Anatolian texts of the 9th–7th centuries BCE.

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Biology

• Anatolian Black, a breed of cattle.
• Anatolian buffalo, a domestic animal of Anatolia.
• Anatolian bump, a possible racial feature of Anatolia and elsewhere.
• Anatolian leopard, a wild animal of Anatolia.
• Anatolian Rock Lizard, a reptile native to Anatolia.
• Anatolian Shepherd Dog, an ancient breed of dog from Anatolia.

Economy

• Anatolian Tigers, Anatolian cities that experience impressive economic growth.

Education

• Anatolian High School, a type of Turkish educational institution.

Geophysics

• Anatolian Plate, a tectonic plate on which Turkey sits.

History

• Anatolian Bulgarians, ethnic Bulgarians formerly in Anatolia.
• Anatolian Turkish Beyliks, medieval Turkish principalities in Anatolia.

Linguistics

• Anatolian hieroglyphs, a Luwian script of central Anatolia.
• Anatolian hypothesis, the theory that Proto-Indo-European arose in Anatolia.
• Anatolian languages, a group of extinct languages once spoken in Anatolia.

Music

• Anatolian Musical Festival, an annual festival of Turkish folk music.
• Anatolian Pieces, Ahmet Kanneci's fourth album.
• Anatolian rock, a genre of rock music from Turkey.