# Most scholars rejected Henning's comparison because it links names of about 2100 BC with a language first written in…

> Most scholars rejected Henning's comparison because it links names of about 2100 BC with a language first written in the sixth century AD.

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# Most scholars rejected Henning's comparison because it links names of about 2100 BC with a language first written in…

Most scholars rejected Henning's comparison because it links names of about 2100 BC with a language first written in the sixth century AD.

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## What it means

Key question[Can anything of Gutian and Lullubian be recovered from names alone?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hattic-kassite-lost-languages/questions/QST0DEDWKF82K3C/can-anything-of-gutian-and-lullubian-be-recovered-from-names)

3 answers, none ahead yet

**Open** unchanged

Answer this evidence bears on[The Gutian king names show Tocharian case endings, so Gutian was an early Indo-European language related to Tocharian.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hattic-kassite-lost-languages/answers/ANS0DEDZAW1VW86/the-gutian-king-names-show-tocharian-case-endings-so-gutian)

Counts against1 for, 1 against

**Still possible** unchanged

## Sources 2

[Gutians](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDMMQSVE12/gutians)

Mieroop 2002

SRC

[The Tarim Mummies: Ancient China and the Mystery of the Earliest Peoples from the West](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D90DX6W1D16/the-tarim-mummies-ancient-china-and-the-mystery-of-the)

M 2000

SRC

## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). Most scholars rejected Henning's comparison because it links names of about 2100 BC with a language first written in… [Evidence EVD0DEEBBP6JE62]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/EVD0DEEBBP6JE62
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