- Indo-Hittite
- noun Date: 1929 1. a hypothetical parent language of Indo-European and Anatolian 2. a language family including Indo-European and Anatolian • Indo-Hittite adjective
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
Indo-Hittite
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Indo-Hittite — [in΄dōhi′tīt΄] n. 1. according to one theory, the language family comprising the Indo European and Anatolian languages: most scholars now believe Anatolian to be a branch of Indo European 2. the hypothetical parent language from which the Indo… … English World dictionary
Indo-Hittite — In Indo European linguistics, the term Indo Hittite (also Indo Anatolian) refers to Sturtevant s 1926 hypothesis that the Anatolian languages may have split off the Proto Indo European language considerably earlier than the separation of the… … Wikipedia
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Indo-Hittite — noun the family of languages that by 1000 BC were spoken throughout Europe and in parts of southwestern and southern Asia • Syn: ↑Indo European, ↑Indo European language • Hypernyms: ↑natural language, ↑tongue • Hyponyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Indo-Hittite — /in doh hit uyt/, n. a language family in which Proto Anatolian and Proto Indo European are considered coordinate. Cf. Hittite (def. 2). [1925 30] * * * … Universalium
indo-hittite — in·do hittite … English syllables
Indo-Hittite — In•do Hit•tite [[t]ˈɪn doʊˈhɪt aɪt[/t]] n. peo a family of languages that includes the Indo European and Anatolian languages • Etymology: 1925–30 … From formal English to slang
Indo-Hittite — /ˌɪndoʊ ˈhɪtaɪt/ (say .indoh hituyt) noun a linguistic stock comprising Indo European and the Anatolian languages …
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