The Hittites were an ancient people from Anatolia who spoke and Indo-European language. They wrote with a cuneiform script, they established a kingdom centered at Hattusa in north central Anatolia from the 18th century BC. At its peak, the Hittite Empire covered most of modern Turkey and Syria.
The Hittites were a people who formed one of the first major civilizations of Bronze Age West Asia between 1600 – 1180 BC they manufactured advanced iron goods, ruled over their government through government officials with independent authority over various branches of government and worshipped storm gods. Hittite is the oldest Indo=European language known – older than Greek, Latin or Sanskrit.
As an Indo European language Hittite is related to modern day languages like English, the Hittite word for water is Watar. It is the Hittite language that I am now studying so from time to time I will post some of my Hittite translations. You can see the first two of my Hittite translations below.
Hittite sentence – Nu NINDA kinun
Literal English – And bread now I eat
English – I eat bread now
Hittite Sentence – Nu NINDA anissan edun
Literal English – And bread before I ate
English – I ate bread before
NOTE – The Hittite sentences get more complicated throughout my lessons so i will add those at a later date.