http://phoenixblog.vox.com/library/posts/tags/hittite/page/1/ My blog about linguistics en Vox Wed, 09 Jan 2008 17:45:13 +0100 Copyright 2008 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss hittite http://phoenixblog.vox.com/library/post/genitivesis-issue-or-the-genitivos-issue.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(PhoeniX) http://phoenixblog.vox.com/library/post/genitivesis-issue-or-the-genitivos-issue.html?_c=feed-rss http://phoenixblog.vox.com/library/post/genitivesis-issue-or-the-genitivos-issue.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 09 Jan 2008 17:45:13 +0100 So, I had my Hittite 2 test today. It included Hittite, Hieroglyphic Luwian and Lycian. It went fine, but as I was busy working with it, I stumbled upon the last question of the test which went as follows: What can you tell about the genitive in A... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://phoenixblog.vox.com/library/post/genitivesis-issue-or-the-genitivos-issue.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00ccff939f53d75600e398d088c30001?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> linguistics gothic greek si sanskrit lycian indo-european anatolian hittite luwian genitive http://phoenixblog.vox.com/library/post/tell-my-readers-that-i-say-the-following.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(PhoeniX) http://phoenixblog.vox.com/library/post/tell-my-readers-that-i-say-the-following.html?_c=feed-rss http://phoenixblog.vox.com/library/post/tell-my-readers-that-i-say-the-following.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 13 Nov 2007 16:43:03 +0100 I'm currently busy picking up some Hieroglyphic Luwian. Interesting language, quite significantly different from the Hittite language. One thing that's really interesting, though odd about the language, is the way the Luwians wrote their letters. ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://phoenixblog.vox.com/library/post/tell-my-readers-that-i-say-the-following.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00ccff939f53d75600e398bd35a90005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> linguistics indo-european anatolian hittite luwian hierglyphic luwian http://phoenixblog.vox.com/library/post/b%CA%B2an%CC%AA%CB%A0-mra%CB%90.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(PhoeniX) http://phoenixblog.vox.com/library/post/b%CA%B2an%CC%AA%CB%A0-mra%CB%90.html?_c=feed-rss http://phoenixblog.vox.com/library/post/b%CA%B2an%CC%AA%CB%A0-mra%CB%90.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 23 Oct 2007 20:36:55 +0200 You might not easily believe it, but the above words are phonemic transcriptions of the Irish word bean in it's nominative and genitive/plural form, namely bean and mna. And before you go 'Hey that's that suppletion stuff you've been telling us ab... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://phoenixblog.vox.com/library/post/b%CA%B2an%CC%AA%CB%A0-mra%CB%90.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00ccff939f53d75600e398b5fc9f0004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> irish morphology indo-european hittite r/n-stems http://phoenixblog.vox.com/library/post/hettite-and-its-script.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(PhoeniX) http://phoenixblog.vox.com/library/post/hettite-and-its-script.html?_c=feed-rss http://phoenixblog.vox.com/library/post/hettite-and-its-script.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 25 Feb 2007 17:47:40 +0100 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://phoenixblog.vox.com/library/photo/6a00ccff939f53d75600d4142403173c7f.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00ccff939f53d75600d4142403173c7f-50si" alt="Hettblog" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> First of all, sorry for the small delay, but I was on skiing holiday. Anyway, I'm back now, and I'll continue with my weekly updates. Today I wanted to discuss the Hittite language, and in particular, it's rather odd script. History The first Hi... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://phoenixblog.vox.com/library/post/hettite-and-its-script.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00ccff939f53d75600d09e57dab0be2b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> linguistics sumerian akkadian indo-european cuneiform hittite