On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Luwian. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as anatolian and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Luwian meaning
A member of an ancient Anatolian people related to the Hittites.
Synonyms of Luwian
Using Luwian
- The main meaning on this page is: A member of an ancient Anatolian people related to the Hittites.
- Useful related words include: luvian, anatolian, anatolian language.
- In the example corpus, luwian often appears in combinations such as: the luwian, and luwian.
Context around Luwian
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 4 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 12 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Luwian
- In this selection, "luwian" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 24.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, speaking, political and subgroup stand out and add context to how "luwian" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include been a luwian speaking people and borrowings from luwian including the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "luwian" sits close to words such as aami, aat and abada, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with luwian
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
For the most part they spoke languages of the Luwian family. (11 words)
However, the Luwian languages originated in Anatolia during the 2nd millennium BC. (12 words)
The hieroglyphs were written in Luwian, one of the oldest branches of the Indo-European languages. (16 words)
One analysis shows that the majority were, however, Hurrian (a non-Semitic-speaking group from Asia Minor who spoke a language isolate ), though there were a number of Semites and even some Kassite and Luwian adventurers amongst their number. (39 words)
The cultural ancestors appear to have been associated with or part of the Luwian political entity of Arzawa ; yet the Lydian language is not part of the Luwian subgroup (as are Carian and Lycian ). (34 words)
Luwian is closely related to Hittite, and was among the languages spoken during the second and first millennia BC by population groups in central Anatolia, Anatolia (from Greek Aνατολή Anatolē—"East"; also Asia Minor. (34 words)
Example sentences (12)
The cultural ancestors appear to have been associated with or part of the Luwian political entity of Arzawa ; yet the Lydian language is not part of the Luwian subgroup (as are Carian and Lycian ).
There are most recent works focused on the Luwian connection, but not in terms of the Minoan language being Anatolian, but rather of possible borrowings from Luwian, including the origin of the writing.
The hieroglyphs were written in Luwian, one of the oldest branches of the Indo-European languages.
For the most part they spoke languages of the Luwian family.
However, the Luwian languages originated in Anatolia during the 2nd millennium BC.
In Hittite times, the name for the region had been Arzawa ; it was a Luwian-speaking area.
It also accompanies the Hurrian god of sky and storm Teshub (his Hittite and Luwian name was Tarhun).
Luwian is closely related to Hittite, and was among the languages spoken during the second and first millennia BC by population groups in central Anatolia, Anatolia (from Greek Aνατολή Anatolē—"East"; also Asia Minor.
One analysis shows that the majority were, however, Hurrian (a non-Semitic-speaking group from Asia Minor who spoke a language isolate ), though there were a number of Semites and even some Kassite and Luwian adventurers amongst their number.
They are known to have been a Luwian-speaking people, and there is not a trace of evidence that Luwians lived on Crete.
When that power was gone the Luwian people remained in the vacuum as a number of coastal splinter states that were scarcely able now to defend themselves.
Written records began to be inscribed in stone in the Lycian language (a later form of Luwian) after Lycia's involuntary incorporation into the Achaemenid Empire in the Iron Age.
Common combinations with luwian
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: