# What language family, if any, does Hattic belong to? · Hattic, Kassite and the half-read languages of the cuneiform archives > Six answers have been proposed. None is ahead on the evidence yet. Six are still possible. Of the one narrower question under it, none is answered yet. Source: https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hattic-kassite-lost-languages/questions/QST0DEDWJQ8EC4K/what-language-family-if-any-does-hattic-belong-to Publisher: Mysteries Department Licence: CC BY 4.0 (credit Mysteries Department and link the page) Updated: 2026-10-31T15:46:09+00:00 --- **0** # What language family, if any, does Hattic belong to? Asked 31 Oct 2026 by [**apollo** ](https://mysteriesdept.com/u/apollo)·6 answers·0·0 following **Six answers, none ahead** None is ahead yet. See what would settle it. ## Where it stands Six answers have been proposed. None is ahead on the evidence yet. Six are still possible. Of the one narrower question under it, none is answered yet. ## Why it matters Hattic is a prefixing language with the verb first and no demonstrated relative; proposed links to Northwest Caucasian, to a Sino-Caucasian macrofamily, to Minoan and Sumerian, and to Uralic have each been put without regular sound correspondences, and Hittitologists treat the language as an isolate in practice⁠[[1]](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDM0G2Z5MV/on-the-relationship-of-hattic-to-the-northwest-caucasian)⁠[[2]](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDK1BNABS6/hattic-as-a-sino-caucasian-language)⁠[[3]](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDKBP35V6C/zu-den-rezenten-studien-im-hattischen-eine-zwischenbilanz)⁠[[4]](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDK11B08GB/the-alignment-of-hattian-an-active-language-with-an-ergative). The difficulty is the lexicon: only a little over a hundred word meanings are secure, so any comparison that draws on the rest cannot be checked⁠[[3]](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDKBP35V6C/zu-den-rezenten-studien-im-hattischen-eine-zwischenbilanz). ## Answers 6 [**Hattic belongs to a Sino-Caucasian macrofamily with North Caucasian, Yeniseian, Burushaski and Sino-Tibetan.** ](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hattic-kassite-lost-languages/answers/ANS0DEDY6HQ0KNZ/hattic-belongs-to-a-sino-caucasian-macrofamily-with-north) Evidence for it, no test yet Evidence: 1 for, 1 against Still possible [**Hattic is a Uralic language in a "West-Ugric" family with Minoan and Hungarian.** ](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hattic-kassite-lost-languages/answers/ANS0DEDY8A9656Q/hattic-is-a-uralic-language-in-a-west-ugric-family-with) Evidence for it, no test yet Evidence: 1 for, 1 against Still possible [**Hattic is an isolate for the present corpus: no relationship can be demonstrated from about a hundred secure words…** ](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hattic-kassite-lost-languages/answers/ANS0DEDY8X06GF7/hattic-is-an-isolate-for-the-present-corpus-no-relationship) Evidence for it, no test yet Evidence: 2 for Still possible [**Hattic is related to Minoan (the language of Linear A) and both to Sumerian, as survivals of Neolithic Anatolian speech.** ](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hattic-kassite-lost-languages/answers/ANS0DEDY7G36C51/hattic-is-related-to-minoan-the-language-of-linear-a-and) Evidence for it, no test yet Evidence: 1 for, 1 against Still possible [**Hattic is related to the Northwest Caucasian languages (Abkhaz-Adyghe).** ](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hattic-kassite-lost-languages/answers/ANS0DEDY4HDNR25/hattic-is-related-to-the-northwest-caucasian-languages) Evidence for it, no test yet Evidence: 1 for, 1 against Still possible [**None of these.** ](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hattic-kassite-lost-languages/answers/ANS0DEDYB4M7JW1/none-of-these) Not tested yet Evidence: none yet Still possible [Show 1 more answer] ## History 1. 1985[Vyacheslav V. Ivanov: hattic and the Northwest Caucasian languages share a prefixing verb with long person-marking chains and an early verb…](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDM0G2Z5MV/on-the-relationship-of-hattic-to-the-northwest-caucasian)For: Hattic is related to the Northwest Caucasian languages (Abkhaz-Adyghe). 1. 1996[Viacheslav A. Chirikba: hattic and the Northwest Caucasian languages share a prefixing verb with long person-marking chains and an early verb…](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDM0SVQYE9/common-west-caucasian-the-reconstruction-of-its-phonological)For: Hattic is related to the Northwest Caucasian languages (Abkhaz-Adyghe). 1. 2004[Oğuz Soysal: no regular sound correspondences have been established, and many matched Hattic words lie outside the small class…](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDK05AN1KR/hattischer-wortschatz-in-hethitischer-textuberlieferung)Against: Hattic is related to the Northwest Caucasian languages (Abkhaz-Adyghe). 1. 2010[Alexei Kassian: kassian lists lexical matches between Hattic and Yeniseian, Burushaski and North Caucasian, such as the word for…](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDK1BNABS6/hattic-as-a-sino-caucasian-language)For: Hattic belongs to a Sino-Caucasian macrofamily with North Caucasian, Yeniseian, Burushaski and Sino-Tibetan. 1. 2010[Petra M. Goedegebuure: a century of comparison since Forrer isolated Hattic in 1919 has produced no accepted correspondence set with any…](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDK11B08GB/the-alignment-of-hattian-an-active-language-with-an-ergative)For: Hattic is an isolate for the present corpus: no relationship can be demonstrated from about a hundred secure words… 1. 2017[Revesz: revesz offers sign comparisons and word matches linking Linear A, Hattic and Hungarian.](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CQHK01A7HPE/establishing-the-west-ugric-language-family-with-minoan)For: Hattic is a Uralic language in a "West-Ugric" family with Minoan and Hungarian. 1. 2018[Oğuz Soysal: a century of comparison since Forrer isolated Hattic in 1919 has produced no accepted correspondence set with any…](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDKBP35V6C/zu-den-rezenten-studien-im-hattischen-eine-zwischenbilanz)For: Hattic is an isolate for the present corpus: no relationship can be demonstrated from about a hundred secure words… 1. 2018[Charles W. Steitler: new Hattic word meanings keep coming from bilinguals and quasi-bilinguals, not from external comparison.](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDKBE85CY9/searching-for-hattian-hittite-quasi-bilingual-texts-new)For: Hattic is an isolate for the present corpus: no relationship can be demonstrated from about a hundred secure words… 1. 2019[Peter Schrijver: schrijver proposes shared vocabulary and morphology between Hattic and Linear A words read with Linear B values, and…](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDNAWHDVF5/talking-neolithic-the-case-for-hatto-minoan-and-its)For: Hattic is related to Minoan (the language of Linear A) and both to Sumerian, as survivals of Neolithic Anatolian speech. 1. 2020[Salgarella: minoan is itself unread, so the comparison rests on two uncertain lexicons at once.](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CQHJXK61P6J/aegean-linear-script-s-rethinking-the-relationship-between)Against: Hattic is related to Minoan (the language of Linear A) and both to Sumerian, as survivals of Neolithic Anatolian speech. 1. 2023[Andreas M. Bischoff: new Hattic word meanings keep coming from bilinguals and quasi-bilinguals, not from external comparison.](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDKBGZYZW8/some-new-hattian-hittite-correspondences-from-the-quasi)For: Hattic is an isolate for the present corpus: no relationship can be demonstrated from about a hundred secure words… 1. 2024[Nepal & Perono Cacciafoco: the West-Ugric proposal has no following among Anatolianists or Aegean epigraphers and uses Hattic words whose…](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CQHJYT8078Q/minoan-cryptanalysis-computational-approaches-to-deciphering)Against: Hattic is a Uralic language in a "West-Ugric" family with Minoan and Hungarian. 1. 31 Oct 2026Asked on this site ## Discussion 0 [Add to the discussion](https://mysteriesdept.com/signin?next=/mysteries/hattic-kassite-lost-languages/questions/QST0DEDWJQ8EC4K/what-language-family-if-any-does-hattic-belong-to%23discussion) Help with this question [ **Propose an answer** Something the evidence could support or rule out ] [ **Propose an answer** Something the evidence could support or rule out ](https://mysteriesdept.com/signin?next=/mysteries/hattic-kassite-lost-languages/questions/QST0DEDWJQ8EC4K/what-language-family-if-any-does-hattic-belong-to%23add-answer) [ **Add evidence** A result for or against an answer ] [ **Add evidence** A result for or against an answer ](https://mysteriesdept.com/signin?next=/mysteries/hattic-kassite-lost-languages/questions/QST0DEDWJQ8EC4K/what-language-family-if-any-does-hattic-belong-to%23add-evidence) [ **Ask a sub-question** A smaller question that would help settle this one ] [ **Ask a sub-question** A smaller question that would help settle this one ](https://mysteriesdept.com/signin?next=/mysteries/hattic-kassite-lost-languages/questions/QST0DEDWJQ8EC4K/what-language-family-if-any-does-hattic-belong-to%23add-question) [ **Add a source** A paper, archive record or image ] [ **Add a source** A paper, archive record or image ](https://mysteriesdept.com/signin?next=/mysteries/hattic-kassite-lost-languages/questions/QST0DEDWJQ8EC4K/what-language-family-if-any-does-hattic-belong-to%23add-source) Where it fits Hattic, Kassite and the half-read languages of the cuneiform archives **What language family, if any, does Hattic belong to?** Key question · you're here [Is the Hattic verb aligned actively, ergatively or accusatively, and what does each verbal prefix mark?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hattic-kassite-lost-languages/questions/QST0DEDX2TX7CR0/is-the-hattic-verb-aligned-actively-ergatively-or)Open · 2 answers, inconclusive [ Ask a question under this one ]