Anatolians
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Anatolian peoples were a group of distinct ethnic groups which spoke related languages
. They shared cultural traits and traditional religion. The Anatolian languages were one branch of the larger Indo-European language family.
are the last Anatolian people, as opposed to being part of a separate culture), although there may be lingering influences on the modern inhabitants of Anatolia. The lands of the Anatolian peoples were invaded by a number of peoples and empires at high frequency: the Medes
, the Persians
, the Greeks
, the Romans
, the Galatian Celts, the Phrygians and Bithyni
(who were related to the Thracians and other Balkan peoples), and the Oghuz Turks
. Many of these invaders settled in Anatolia, in some cases causing the extinction of the Anatolian languages. The Anatolian peoples were absorbed, Islamified, and culturally assimilated by the Turkic invaders from Central Asia. This is apparent by the genetics of the modern Turkish people
, who are predominantly of Anatolian descent.The Anatolian peoples themselves may have not been culturally indigenous themselves, unless the Indo-European Urheimat
was in Anatolia (however, another theory is that it was in Ukraine
).
Anatolian languages
The Anatolian languages comprise a group of extinct Indo-European languages that were spoken in Asia Minor, the best attested of them being the Hittite language.-Origins:...
. They shared cultural traits and traditional religion. The Anatolian languages were one branch of the larger Indo-European language family.
Extinction
All the Anatolian languages (and the cultures accompanying them) are extinct (unless one believes the theory that ArmeniansArmenians
Armenian people or Armenians are a nation and ethnic group native to the Armenian Highland.The largest concentration is in Armenia having a nearly-homogeneous population with 97.9% or 3,145,354 being ethnic Armenian....
are the last Anatolian people, as opposed to being part of a separate culture), although there may be lingering influences on the modern inhabitants of Anatolia. The lands of the Anatolian peoples were invaded by a number of peoples and empires at high frequency: the Medes
Medes
The MedesThe Medes...
, the Persians
Persian people
The Persian people are part of the Iranian peoples who speak the modern Persian language and closely akin Iranian dialects and languages. The origin of the ethnic Iranian/Persian peoples are traced to the Ancient Iranian peoples, who were part of the ancient Indo-Iranians and themselves part of...
, the Greeks
Greeks
The Greeks, also known as the Hellenes , are a nation and ethnic group native to Greece, Cyprus and neighboring regions. They also form a significant diaspora, with Greek communities established around the world....
, the Romans
Ancient Rome
Ancient Rome was a thriving civilization that grew on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 8th century BC. Located along the Mediterranean Sea and centered on the city of Rome, it expanded to one of the largest empires in the ancient world....
, the Galatian Celts, the Phrygians and Bithyni
Bithyni
The Bithyni were a Thracian tribe who, along with the Thyni, migrated to Bithynia in Anatolia - a region which they gave their name to. Herodotus, Xenophon and Strabo all assert that the Bithyni and Thyni settled together in what would be known as Bithynia and Thynia...
(who were related to the Thracians and other Balkan peoples), and the Oghuz Turks
Oghuz Turks
The Turkomen also known as Oghuz Turks were a historical Turkic tribal confederation in Central Asia during the early medieval Turkic expansion....
. Many of these invaders settled in Anatolia, in some cases causing the extinction of the Anatolian languages. The Anatolian peoples were absorbed, Islamified, and culturally assimilated by the Turkic invaders from Central Asia. This is apparent by the genetics of the modern Turkish people
Genetic origins of the Turkish people
In population genetics the question has been debated whether the modern Turkish population is significantly related to other Turkic peoples, or whether they are rather derived from indigenous populations of Anatolia which were culturally assimilated during the Middle Ages...
, who are predominantly of Anatolian descent.The Anatolian peoples themselves may have not been culturally indigenous themselves, unless the Indo-European Urheimat
Urheimat
Urheimat is a linguistic term denoting the original homeland of the speakers of a proto-language...
was in Anatolia (however, another theory is that it was in Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
).
List of Anatolian Peoples
- Hittite peopleHittitesThe Hittites were a Bronze Age people of Anatolia.They established a kingdom centered at Hattusa in north-central Anatolia c. the 18th century BC. The Hittite empire reached its height c...
. The Hittites were a people that used to live in Central Anatolia. They established a kingdom centered at Hattusa in north-central Anatolia (on the Central Anatolian plateau). Their language was the Hittite languageHittite languageHittite is the extinct language once spoken by the Hittites, a people who created an empire centred on Hattusa in north-central Anatolia...
which was spoken mainly in Central Anatolia and throughout the Hittite Empire. - Luwian peopleLuwian languageLuwian is an extinct language of the Anatolian branch of the Indo-European language family. Luwian is closely related to Hittite, and was among the languages spoken during the second and first millennia BC by population groups in central and western Anatolia and northern Syria...
- Lycian peopleLycian languageLycian language refers to the inscriptional language of ancient Lycia, populated by Lycians, as well as its presumed spoken counterpart.-The speakers:...
- Carian peopleCarian languageThe Carian language is an extinct language of the Luwian subgroup of the Anatolian branch of the Indo-European language family. The Carian language was spoken in Caria, a region of western Anatolia between the ancient regions of Lycia and Lydia, by the Carians, a name possibly first mentioned in...
- Pisidian peoplePisidian languageThe Pisidian language is a member of the extinct Anatolian branch of the Indo-European language family spoken in Pisidia, a region of ancient Asia Minor. Known from some two dozen short inscriptions, it appears to be closely related to Lycian and Sidetic....
- Palaic peoplePalaic languagePalaic is an extinct Indo-European language, attested in cuneiform tablets in Bronze Age Hattusa, the capital of the Hittites. Its name in Hittite is palaumnili, or "of the people of Pala"; Pala was probably to the northwest of the Hittite core area, so in the northwest of present mainland Turkey...
- Lydian peopleLydian languageLydian was an Indo-European language spoken in the region of Lydia in western Anatolia . It belongs to the Anatolian group of the Indo-European language family....
- MysiansMysiansMysians were the inhabitants of Mysia, a region in northwestern Asia Minor.-Origins according to ancient authors:Their first mention is by Homer, in his list of Trojans allies in the Iliad, and according to whom the Mysians fought in the Trojan War on the side of Troy, under the command of Chromis...
- Pamphylians
Little-known Candidates of being ethnically Anatolian
- Lycaonians
- Isaurians
- LutescansLutescan languageLutescens or lutescans may refer to:*Caiman lutescens, a fossil species of caiman.*Dypsis lutescens, a palm*Pitcairnia lutescens, a species of bromeliads...