Isaurian language

Short description: Extinct language of Asia Minor

Isaurian

Native to| Asia Minor
Region| Isauria
Era| until the 5th century or 6th century AD

Language family

unclassified; personal names appear to be related to Luwian

Language codes
ISO 639-3| None (`mis`)
Glottolog| None

Isaurian is an extinct language spoken in the area of Isauria, Asia Minor. Epigraphic evidence, including funerary inscriptions, has been found into the 6th century AD.[1][2] The personal names of its speakers appear to be derived from Luwian and thus Indo-European.[3] Isaurian names containing clear Anatolian roots include Οαδας Oadas, Τροκονδας Trokondas (cf. Luwian Tarḫunt, Lycian 𐊗𐊕𐊌𐊌𐊑𐊗 Trqqñt), Κουδεις Koudeis (cf. Lycian Kuwata), and Μοασις Moasis (cf. Hittite muwa "power").[4]

The Isaurian personal name Τουατρις Touatris may reflect the Indo-European word for 'daughter' (compare Hieroglyphic Luwian FILIAtú-wa/i-tara/i-na).[5]

## References

1. ↑ Honey, Linda (5 December 2016). "Justifiably Outraged or Simply Outrageous? The Isaurian Incident of Ammianus Marcellinus". Violence in Late Antiquity: Perceptions and Practices. pp. 50. ISBN 9781351875745. https://books.google.com/books?id=5geoDQAAQBAJ&q=isaurian+personal+names&pg=PT64.
2. ↑ Holl, Karl. “Das Fortleben Der Volkssprachen in Kleinasien in Nachchristlicher Zeit.” Hermes, vol. 43, no. 2, 1908, pp. 242. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/4473126. Accessed 16 Jun. 2022.
3. ↑ Frank R. Trombley and John W. Watt, The Chronicle of Pseudo-Joshua the Stylite (Liverpool University Press, 2000), p. 12; Linda Honey, "Justifiably Outraged or Simply Outrageous? The Isaurian Incident of Ammianus Marcellinus 14.2," in Violence in Late Antiquity: Perceptions and Practices (Ashgate, 2006), 50.
4. ↑ Waelkens, Marc; Loots, Lieven (2000) (in en). Sagalassos Five. Leuven University Press. ISBN 9789058670793. https://books.google.com/books?id=Zs5xuX231MoC&q=isauria&pg=PA503.
5. ↑ Blažek, Václav. “Indo-European kinship terms in *-ə̯2TER”. (2001). In: Grammaticvs: studia linguistica Adolfo Erharto quinque et septuagenario oblata. Šefčík, Ondřej (editor); Vykypěl, Bohumil (editor). Vyd. 1. V Brně: Masarykova univerzita, 2001. p. 25. http://hdl.handle.net/11222.digilib/123188

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