Talking Neolithic: The Case for Hatto-Minoan and its relation to Sumerian

P.C.H. Schrijver

Talking Neolithic: The Case for Hatto-Minoan and its relation to Sumerian

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It is argued that the Minoan language of second-millennium BC Crete stands a good chance of being descended from the language that was imported into Crete by the earliest farmers that colonized the Island in the 7th millennium BC. Evidence is presented that links Minoan to the Hattic language of second- millennium BC northern Anatolia. An analysis of the Hattic verbal system supports the hypothesis that in turn Hattic is related to Sumerian. The existence of a Hatto-Sumero-Minoan language family is posited, which predates the expansions of Semitic and Indo-European in the Near East and which is implicated in the spread of migrant farmers into Europe. A word for ’pig’ is reconstructed for that language family.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Talking Neolithic
Subtitle of host publication	Proceedings of the workshop on Indo-European originsheld at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, December 2-3, 2013
Editors	Guus Kroonen et alii
Place of Publication	Washington D.C.
Publisher	Journal of Indo-European Studies
Pages	336-374
Number of pages	39
ISBN (Print)	9780998366920, 9780984535347
Publication status	Published - 2019

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Name	Journal of Indo-European studies monograph series
Volume	65

Keywords

Neolithic
Hattian
Minoan
Sumerian

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Schrijver, P. C. H. (2019). Talking Neolithic: The Case for Hatto-Minoan and its relation to Sumerian. In G. Kroonen et alii (Ed.), Talking Neolithic: Proceedings of the workshop on Indo-European originsheld at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, December 2-3, 2013 (pp. 336-374). (Journal of Indo-European studies monograph series; Vol. 65). Journal of Indo-European Studies.

Schrijver, P.C.H. / Talking Neolithic : The Case for Hatto-Minoan and its relation to Sumerian. Talking Neolithic: Proceedings of the workshop on Indo-European originsheld at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, December 2-3, 2013. editor / Guus Kroonen et alii. Washington D.C. : Journal of Indo-European Studies, 2019. pp. 336-374 (Journal of Indo-European studies monograph series).

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Schrijver, PCH 2019, Talking Neolithic: The Case for Hatto-Minoan and its relation to Sumerian. in G Kroonen et alii (ed.), Talking Neolithic: Proceedings of the workshop on Indo-European originsheld at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, December 2-3, 2013. Journal of Indo-European studies monograph series, vol. 65, Journal of Indo-European Studies, Washington D.C., pp. 336-374.

Talking Neolithic: The Case for Hatto-Minoan and its relation to Sumerian. / Schrijver, P.C.H.
Talking Neolithic: Proceedings of the workshop on Indo-European originsheld at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, December 2-3, 2013. ed. / Guus Kroonen et alii. Washington D.C.: Journal of Indo-European Studies, 2019. p. 336-374 (Journal of Indo-European studies monograph series; Vol. 65).

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Schrijver PCH. Talking Neolithic: The Case for Hatto-Minoan and its relation to Sumerian. In Kroonen et alii G, editor, Talking Neolithic: Proceedings of the workshop on Indo-European originsheld at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, December 2-3, 2013. Washington D.C.: Journal of Indo-European Studies. 2019. p. 336-374. (Journal of Indo-European studies monograph series).

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