Ancient Cappadocian language
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Ancient Cappadocian | |
|---|---|
| Region | Asia Minor |
| Ethnicity | Ancient Cappadocians |
| Extinct | c. 6th century[1] |
unclassified; possibly Anatolian | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | None (mis) |
| Glottolog | None |
The ancient Cappadocian language was an ancient language or group of languages spoken in Asia Minor, possibly related to Hittite or Luwian.[2][3] If Luwian, it may have been related to the dialect of Tabal.[3] There are no known texts in this language.[4]
Strabo and Basil of Caesarea state that it was not Greek.[2][5]
It was ultimately replaced by Koine Greek, but appears to have survived in some locations until at least the 6th century CE.[1]