# The Indo-Iranian words are confined to a handful of names, while the common nouns of the vocabulary show no…

> The Indo-Iranian words are confined to a handful of names, while the common nouns of the vocabulary show no Indo-Iranian character; Zadok calls…

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# The Indo-Iranian words are confined to a handful of names, while the common nouns of the vocabulary show no…

The Indo-Iranian words are confined to a handful of names, while the common nouns of the vocabulary show no Indo-Iranian character; Zadok calls Ancillotti's argument unconvincing.

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## What it means

Key question[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)

5 answers, none ahead yet

**Open** unchanged

Answer this evidence bears on[Kassite is an Indo-Aryan (Indo-Iranian) language.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hattic-kassite-lost-languages/answers/ANS0DEDYPVXP6AK/kassite-is-an-indo-aryan-indo-iranian-language)

Counts against1 for, 1 against

**Still possible** unchanged

## Sources 2

[Kassitenstudien 1: Die Sprache der Kassiten](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDM9H689GS/kassitenstudien-1-die-sprache-der-kassiten)

Balkan 1954

SRC

[Kassites](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDM9RMPXSA/kassites)

Zadok 2013

SRC

## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). The Indo-Iranian words are confined to a handful of names, while the common nouns of the vocabulary show no… [Evidence EVD0DEEB2JA2QEA]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/EVD0DEEB2JA2QEA
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