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Hurrian

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Also known as Hurrian language

extinct ancient Hurro-Urartian language spoken in Mesopotamia in the 2nd millenium BC

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Native to
Mitanni
Region
Near East
Ethnicity
Hurrians
Era
attested 2300–1000 BC
Language family
Hurro-Urartian Hurrian
Writing system
Hittite , Ugaritic
Iso 639 3
xhu
Linguist list
xhu
Glottolog
hurr1240

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Hurrian language
point in time
1500-00-00
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Hurrian is an extinct Hurro-Urartian language spoken by the Hurrians (Khurrites), a people who entered northern Mesopotamia around 2300 BC and had mostly vanished by 1000 BC. Hurrian was the language of the Mitanni kingdom in northern Mesopotamia and was likely spoken at least initially in Hurrian settlements in modern-day Syria.

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