# Eteocretan is an Anatolian language, related to Hittite, Luwian or Lycian.

> Still possible: Eteocretan is an Anatolian language, related to Hittite, Luwian or Lycian.

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# Eteocretan is an Anatolian language, related to Hittite, Luwian or Lycian.

Eteocretan is an Anatolian language, related to Hittite, Luwian or Lycian.

**Still possible** Answers **1** question0

## Where it stands

**Still possible** One piece of evidence for, one against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- Recurring Eteocretan elements such as inai, -mit- and irer will match Anatolian verbal or nominal endings with consistent function across the six stones.
- Any new Eteocretan bilingual will show Anatolian case or verb morphology aligned with its Greek.

## What would rule it out

- A longer bilingual whose Eteocretan clauses cannot be parsed with Anatolian morphology.
- A systematic comparison of the corpus with Lycian and Luwian lexica that finds no more matches than with random language lists.

## Evidence 1 for · 1 against

[Finkelberg argues that the pre-Greek language of Crete was Anatolian and close to Lycian, but the case rests on the…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eteocretan-eteocypriot/evidence/EVD0DEED2YXWG1P/finkelberg-argues-that-the-pre-greek-language-of-crete-was)

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[Davis's 1961 Hittite-based reading of the Praisos and Psychro texts assigned meanings to isolated words without…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eteocretan-eteocypriot/evidence/EVD0DEED2QADJJH/daviss-1961-hittite-based-reading-of-the-praisos-and-psychro)

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## The questions it answers

[What language do the Eteocretan inscriptions of Praisos and Dreros record?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eteocretan-eteocypriot/questions/QST0DEDZ8QBDF18/what-language-do-the-eteocretan-inscriptions-of-praisos-and)

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