Hittite
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| kuis ima kuis Luwias lalantin uniuna zartiti, awas Laitini awatu | |||||
| 'Who wants to know the language of Luwia, he must come to Leiden.' | |||||
*The sentence is translated into Luwian, which is quite closely related to Hittite. Luwian was written in a hieroglyphic script that we present here as an illustration of alternatives to the predominant cuneiform script in which Hittite was written (as well as Akkadian, Sumerian and Hurrian). | |||||
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| Language name: | Hittite | Nisjili | |
| Language family: | Indo-European, Anatolian | ||
| Region: | Anatolia, now Turkey (from about 1650-1200 B.C.) | ||
| Department: | Near Eastern Studies (TCMO) | ||
| URL Department: | http://www.tcmo.leidenuniv.nl | ||
| Lecturers: | A. Kloekhorst | ||
| Course description: | Hittite was the language of the Hittites, an Indo-European people from Anatolia. The language was written in cuneiform script and spoken from about 1650-1200 B.C. During the course, students will learn the grammar and the script, after which texts from several periods on various topics will be read. |
| Total duration: | 2 semesters; extension possible. |
| Course frequency: | The courses are taught every year. |
| Reading | Year 1 | Year 2 | |
| Credit (in ECTS): | 8 | 4 | |
| Course hours in total: | 39 | 26 | |
| Highest course level: | C1 | ||
| Class types: | Tutorials. |
| Examination types: | Written, papers. |
