# The recitation is a local dialect of Luwian or Palaic, not a separate language.

> Still possible: The recitation is a local dialect of Luwian or Palaic, not a separate language.

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# The recitation is a local dialect of Luwian or Palaic, not a separate language.

The recitation is a local dialect of Luwian or Palaic, not a separate language.

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

## Where it stands

**Still possible** None pieces of evidence for, one against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- The non-Luwian features will prove to be attested in some Luwian or Palaic text, or explicable as scribal.

## What would rule it out

- A second text shows systematic phonological or morphological differences from both Luwian and Palaic that cannot be dialectal.

## Evidence none for · 1 against

[The editors found features that set the Kalašma text apart from Luwian and judged it closer to Luwian than to Palaic…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hattic-kassite-lost-languages/evidence/EVD0DEEB6FKNYN6/the-editors-found-features-that-set-the-kalasma-text-apart)

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## 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 recitation is a local dialect of Luwian or Palaic, not a separate language. [Answer ANS0DEDZ9XRA0B8]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0DEDZ9XRA0B8
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