- Mysian language
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Mysian Spoken in Mysia Ethnicity Mysians Extinct 1st c. BC Language family unclassified, possibly Anatolian- Mysian
Language codes ISO 639-3 yms Mysian language was the languages spoken by Mysians inhabiting Mysia in north-west Anatolia.
Little is known about the Mysian language. Strabo noted that their language was, in a way, a mixture of the Lydian and Phrygian languages. As such, the Mysian language could be a language of the Anatolian group. However, a passage in Athenaeus suggests that the Mysian language was akin to the barely attested Paeonian language of Paeonia, north of Macedon.
A short inscription which could be in Mysian and which dates from between the 5th and 3rd centuries BC was found in Üyücek village of Tavşanlı district of Kütahya province, and seems to include Indo-European words.[1][2] However, it is uncertain whether the inscription renders a text in the Mysian language or if it is simply a Phrygian dialect from the region of Mysia.[citation needed]
Friedrich's reading:
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- ΛΙΚΕC : ΒΡΑΤΕΡΑΙC : ΠΑΤΡΙΖΙ : ΙCΚ
Latin transliteration:
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- likes : braterais patrizi isk
The words "braterais patrizi isk" has been proposed to mean something like "for brothers and fathers", while Likes is most probably a personal name [3]
References
- ^ Epigraphical database: "Native 'Mysian' inscription". Packard Humanities Institute. http://epigraphy.packhum.org/inscriptions//main?url=oi%3Fikey%3D272813%26bookid%3D619 Epigraphical database:.
- ^ The Journal of Indo-European studies Vol 21, pg 21, "30% of the total number of words can easily be linked up with better known Greek equivalents and thus receive meaningful interpretation"
- ^ See J. Friedrich, Kleinasiatische Sprachdenkmäler, 140-141.
External links
- Titus texts:"Mysian" inscriptions
- Palaeolexicon entry for the word ΠΑΤΡΙΖΙ
- Palaeolexicon entry for the word ΒΡΑΤΕΡΑΙΣ
See also
Categories:- Mysia
- Anatolian languages
- Extinct languages of Asia
- Extinct languages of Europe
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