# Kassite is related to Hurrian and Urartian.

> Still possible: Kassite is related to Hurrian and Urartian.

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

# Kassite is related to Hurrian and Urartian.

Kassite is related to Hurrian and Urartian.

**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

- Kassite common nouns from the vocabulary and the loanwords will match Hurrian or Urartian roots with regular correspondences.
- Kassite name elements will show Hurro-Urartian morphology, not only shared roots.

## What would rule it out

- The proposed isoglosses are shown to be loans in one direction, or to match no better than chance on a fixed list.

## Evidence 1 for · 1 against

[Schneider lists possible lexical isoglosses between Kassite and Hurro-Urartian.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hattic-kassite-lost-languages/evidence/EVD0DEEAYF459P8/schneider-lists-possible-lexical-isoglosses-between-kassite)

Speculative

FOR

[Zadok's survey of the Kassite lexical remains finds no demonstrable genetic relationship to any language, Hurrian…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hattic-kassite-lost-languages/evidence/EVD0DEEB05TEJ28/zadoks-survey-of-the-kassite-lexical-remains-finds-no)

Suggestive

AGAINST

## The questions it answers

[What was the Kassite language, and can it be classified from a 48-entry vocabulary and a few hundred names?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hattic-kassite-lost-languages/questions/QST0DEDWK5SV6E1/what-was-the-kassite-language-and-can-it-be-classified-from)

Open5 answers, none ahead

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