110-item wordlists for the Anatolian group (Indo-European family).

Languages included: Hittite (Old).

The present 110-item wordlist is generally based on Old Hittite data, although it also includes a very

small number of terms that are exclusively attested in Middle or New Hittite sources. The list is

provisionally dated to 1500 BC.

In the present work we transliterate the standard Hittitological alphabet as follows:

Non-intervocalic stops

p, t, k

In the intervocalic position two series are phonologically opposed – geminated and non-geminated –

which are transliterated as follows:

pp, bb

p, b

tt, dd

t, d

kk, gg

k, g

Fricatives and sonorants in the intervocalic position are opposed in the same way:

šš, ss

š, s

cc [note that Hitt. transliterational z and zz are

dorsal affricates ʒ / c]

ḫḫ, hh

xx [note that Hitt. transliterational ḫ and ḫḫ are

velar fricatives x(x)]

ḫ, h

, w

, j, y

We proceed from the four vowel system:

u, ú

Vowel length (doubled vowels a.k.a. plene writing) is normally unnoted.

Note on datings: OH means Old Hittite sources, MH – Middle Hittite, NH – New Hittite. The plus

sign "+" means that the form is attested from the mentioned period and onwards.

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Author:

Hittite: Alexei S. Kassian, May 2011 / Revised January 2014 (some Anatolian non-Hittite forms

added plus minor technical corrections) / Revised June 2021 (minor revision).