# Hattic is related to the Northwest Caucasian languages (Abkhaz-Adyghe).

> Still possible: Hattic is related to the Northwest Caucasian languages (Abkhaz-Adyghe).

Source: https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hattic-kassite-lost-languages/answers/ANS0DEDY4HDNR25/hattic-is-related-to-the-northwest-caucasian-languages  
Publisher: Mysteries Department  
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (credit Mysteries Department and link the page)  

---

[Questions](https://mysteriesdept.com/questions)[Hattic, Kassite and the half-read languages of the cuneiform archives](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hattic-kassite-lost-languages)[What language family, if any, does Hattic belong to?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hattic-kassite-lost-languages/questions/QST0DEDWJQ8EC4K/what-language-family-if-any-does-hattic-belong-to)Answer

Answer · Hattic, Kassite and the half-read languages of the cuneiform archives

# Hattic is related to the Northwest Caucasian languages (Abkhaz-Adyghe).

Hattic is related to the Northwest Caucasian languages (Abkhaz-Adyghe).

**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

- Regular sound correspondences will emerge when the comparison is restricted to Soysal's securely glossed words.
- Hattic grammatical morphemes (possessive, plural and verbal person prefixes) will match reconstructed Common West Caucasian morphemes in form and function.
- New Hattic words from future bilinguals will keep finding Northwest Caucasian matches at a rate above chance.

## What would rule it out

- A test restricted to securely glossed Hattic words yields no more matches with Northwest Caucasian than with an unrelated control language.
- The shared typological features turn out to be common among prefixing languages generally and so carry no genealogical weight.

## Evidence 1 for · 1 against

[Hattic and the Northwest Caucasian languages share a prefixing verb with long person-marking chains and an early verb…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hattic-kassite-lost-languages/evidence/EVD0DEE9HS0KFYP/hattic-and-the-northwest-caucasian-languages-share-a)

Suggestive

FOR

[No regular sound correspondences have been established, and many matched Hattic words lie outside the small class…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hattic-kassite-lost-languages/evidence/EVD0DEE9JP4XTXB/no-regular-sound-correspondences-have-been-established-and)

Supported

AGAINST

## The questions it answers

[What language family, if any, does Hattic belong to?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hattic-kassite-lost-languages/questions/QST0DEDWJQ8EC4K/what-language-family-if-any-does-hattic-belong-to)

Open6 answers, none ahead

## Cite it

```
Mysteries Department. (2026). Hattic is related to the Northwest Caucasian languages (Abkhaz-Adyghe). [Answer ANS0DEDY4HDNR25]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0DEDY4HDNR25
```

Key

**ANS** 0DEDY4HDNR25

Kind

Answer · hypothesis

Version

1

Added by

[apollo](https://mysteriesdept.com/u/apollo)

The record

Every record is open data. Take this one as JSON, with its links and its history.

[JSON](https://mysteriesdept.com/api/v1/records/ANS0DEDY4HDNR25)