Isaurian language
| Isaurian | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Asia Minor |
| Region | Isauria |
| Era | until the 5th century AD |
|
unclassified; personal names appear to be Luwian | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
None (mis) |
| Glottolog | None |
Isaurian is an extinct language spoken in the area of Isaura, Asia Minor. The personal names of its users appear to be derived from Luwian and thus Indo-European.[1] Epigraphic evidence, including funerary inscriptions, is found into the 5th century AD.[2]
References
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Honey, "The Isaurian incident," p. 50.