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URARTIAN [2 records]

Record 1 1996-11-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psycho-, Socio- and Ethnolinguistics
DEF

Ancient language spoken in northeastern Anatolia (Urartu) and used as the official language of Urartu from the 9th to the 6th centuries BC. It is written in a variant of the cuneiform script known as Neo-Assyrian.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psycho-, socio- et ethnolinguistique
DEF

Langue ancienne parlée dans l'Ourartou (Urartu), royaume ancien de l'Est de l'Anatolie, avant le VIe siècle avant Jésus-Christ. C'est une langue non indo-européenne probablement affiliée au hourrite. Les textes sont écrits dans une variante de l'écriture cunéiforme.

Spanish

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Record 2 1983-05-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Archaeology
OBS

an inhabitant of Urartu.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Archéologie

Spanish

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