# The Kalašma recitation is in a previously unknown Luwic Anatolian language, distinct from Luwian, and can be…

> Still possible: The Kalašma recitation is in a previously unknown Luwic Anatolian language, distinct from Luwian, and can be provisionally read by…

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# The Kalašma recitation is in a previously unknown Luwic Anatolian language, distinct from Luwian, and can be…

The Kalašma recitation is in a previously unknown Luwic Anatolian language, distinct from Luwian, and can be provisionally read by comparison with Luwian.

**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

- Any further Kalašma text will show the same Luwic inflections and the same non-Luwian features.
- The provisional translation will be consistent with the Hittite frame of any parallel ritual that is found.

## What would rule it out

- A fuller text shows the recitation to be a dialect of Luwian, or of Palaic, rather than a distinct language.
- The provisional reading is contradicted by a Hittite paraphrase of the same recitation.

## Evidence 1 for · 1 against

[The inflectional endings and vocabulary of the Kalašma recitation match the Luwic branch of Anatolian but exclude…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hattic-kassite-lost-languages/evidence/EVD0DEEB5DNGG4G/the-inflectional-endings-and-vocabulary-of-the-kalasma)

Supported

FOR

[The language is known from the lower half of a single tablet, so the translation cannot yet be checked against any…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hattic-kassite-lost-languages/evidence/EVD0DEEB6463EFJ/the-language-is-known-from-the-lower-half-of-a-single-tablet)

Suggestive

AGAINST

## The questions it answers

[Which Anatolian language is written on the Kalašma tablet, and can its recitation be translated?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hattic-kassite-lost-languages/questions/QST0DEDWKB75KT7/which-anatolian-language-is-written-on-the-kalasma-tablet)

Open3 answers, none ahead

## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). The Kalašma recitation is in a previously unknown Luwic Anatolian language, distinct from Luwian, and can be… [Answer ANS0DEDZ9QXTJ33]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0DEDZ9QXTJ33
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