# Bedřich Hrozný · Person

> Czech orientalist who showed in 1915 that Hittite is Indo-European. In Hattic, Kassite and the half-read languages of the cuneiform archives.

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# Bedřich Hrozný

Czech orientalist who showed in 1915 that Hittite is Indo-European **1879–1952.**

[Hattic, Kassite and the half-read languages of the cuneiform archives](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hattic-kassite-lost-languages)[1 event][1 source]

Bedřich Hrozný is czech orientalist (1879-1952) whose 1915 report established Hittite as an Indo-European language, making the Hittite half of the Hattic bilinguals readable. (1879–1952), and appears in the record of Hattic, Kassite and the half-read languages of the cuneiform archives as czech orientalist who showed in 1915 that Hittite is Indo-European.

One event on the site involves Hrozný: Bedřich Hrozný announces that Hittite is Indo-European, making the Hittite side of the bilinguals readable (1915).

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## In the mysteries

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

Czech orientalist who showed in 1915 that Hittite is Indo-European · 1 event

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## What Bedřich Hrozný did 1

1915[Bedřich Hrozný announces that Hittite is Indo-European, making the Hittite side of the bilinguals readable](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hattic-kassite-lost-languages/events/EVT0DEDSR2DE6AV/bedrich-hrozny-announces-that-hittite-is-indo-european)

## Sources 1

[Die Lösung des hethitischen Problems. Ein vorläufiger Bericht](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDKPAYTBP7/die-losung-des-hethitischen-problems-ein-vorlaufiger-bericht)

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1879-05-06

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1952-12-12

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decipherer of Hittite

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Czech orientalist (1879-1952) whose 1915 report established Hittite as an Indo-European language, making the Hittite half of the Hattic bilinguals readable.

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