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

Hattic and the Northwest Caucasian languages share a prefixing verb with long person-marking chains and an early verb…

Hattic and the Northwest Caucasian languages share a prefixing verb with long person-marking chains and an early verb position.

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What it means

Key questionWhat language family, if any, does Hattic belong to?

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Answer this evidence bears onHattic is related to the Northwest Caucasian languages (Abkhaz-Adyghe).

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Sources 2

Common West Caucasian: The Reconstruction of its Phonological System and Parts of its Lexicon and Morphology

Chirikba 1996

SRC

On the Relationship of Hattic to the Northwest Caucasian Languages (Ob otnoshenii khattskogo yazyka k severozapadnokavkazskim)

Ivanov 1985

SRC

Cite it

Mysteries Department. (2026). Hattic and the Northwest Caucasian languages share a prefixing verb with long person-marking chains and an early verb… [Evidence EVD0DEE9HS0KFYP]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/EVD0DEE9HS0KFYP

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  title     = {Hattic and the Northwest Caucasian languages share a prefixing verb with long person-marking chains and an early verb…},
  author    = {{Mysteries Department}},
  year      = {2026},
  note      = {Evidence, catalog key EVD0DEE9HS0KFYP},
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