# Kassite is an Indo-Aryan (Indo-Iranian) language.

> Still possible: Kassite is an Indo-Aryan (Indo-Iranian) language.

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

# Kassite is an Indo-Aryan (Indo-Iranian) language.

Kassite is an Indo-Aryan (Indo-Iranian) language.

**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

- The common nouns of BM 93005 (words for star, falcon, king, to give) will have Indo-Iranian etymologies.
- Kassite name morphology will show Indo-Iranian inflection.

## What would rule it out

- The Indo-Iranian material is shown to be confined to a few divine names and titles while the rest of the lexicon has no Indo-Iranian etymology.

## Evidence 1 for · 1 against

[A few Kassite divine and personal names contain Indo-Iranian words, such as šuriaš, sun god, and Abirattaš, with the…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hattic-kassite-lost-languages/evidence/EVD0DEEB1DNE0A4/a-few-kassite-divine-and-personal-names-contain-indo-iranian)

Suggestive

FOR

[The Indo-Iranian words are confined to a handful of names, while the common nouns of the vocabulary show no…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hattic-kassite-lost-languages/evidence/EVD0DEEB2JA2QEA/the-indo-iranian-words-are-confined-to-a-handful-of-names)

Supported

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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