๐’„ฉ๐’Œจ๐’Š‘๐’‡ท

Hurrian

Hurro-Urartian (separate from IE/Semitic) ยท historical / hidden variety

FamilyHurro-Urartian (separate from IE/Semitic) SpeakersExtinct (~2300-1000 BCE) ScriptCuneiform CountriesMitanni and northern Mesopotamia (modern N Iraq, Syria, SE Turkey) Official inMitanni kingdom Vitalityextinct ISO 639-3xhu

Hurrian was a major Near Eastern language of the 3rd-2nd millennia BCE, used as the lingua franca of the Mitanni kingdom and known from cuneiform tablets at Yorgan Tepe (Nuzi), Bogazkรถy, and elsewhere. Together with Urartian (a sister language), it forms the Hurro-Urartian family, with no proven relations to other languages โ€” possibly a Caucasian connection has been proposed.

Where it is spoken

Wear this language Pick the words you like, printed in the same typeface the map uses. Make a T-shirt from Hurrian words โ†’

87 core words in Hurrian

Water

๐’…†๐’‚Š

สƒie

Fire

๐’‹ซ๐’Œ…

tatu

Sun

๐’…†๐’ˆจ๐’„€

สƒimeษกi

Moon

๐’†ช๐’‹ข๐’„ด

kuสƒuh

Star

๐’€ฏ๐’„ญ

mulhi

Night

โ€”

โ€”

Mother

๐’‚Š๐’ˆพ

ena

Father

๐’€œ๐’‹ซ๐’€€๐’„ฟ

attai

Daughter

๐’Šญ๐’€€๐’†ท

สƒaหla

I

๐’…–๐’‹ผ

iสƒte

You

๐’‰ฟ

we

We

โ€”

โ€”

Name

๐’‹พ๐’Šบ

tiส’e

Eye

๐’๐’Š‘

furi

Ear

๐’‰ก๐’„ฟ / ๐’‰ก๐’„ญ

nuหi / nuษฃi

Tooth

โ€”

โ€”

Tongue

โ€”

โ€”

Hand

๐’‹—๐’‰Œ

สƒuni

Foot

๐’Œ‹๐’Š‘

uri

Heart

๐’‹พ๐’Šญ

tiสƒa

Bone

โ€”

โ€”

Blood

โ€”

โ€”

Love

๐’‹ซ๐’บ

tadu

Tree

๐’‹ซ๐’‰

tappi

Dog

๐’…•๐’ˆ 

irma

Cat

๐’Šญ๐’‰ฟ๐’ฃ

สƒawazi

Fish

โ€”

โ€”

House

๐’…๐’Š‘

ipri

Eat

๐’„ 

am

Drink

๐’ˆพ๐’„ด๐’‰ฟ

nahw

One

๐’Šญ

สƒa

Two

๐’…†๐’‰Œ

สƒini

Three

๐’† ๐’…†

kiษก

Five

๐’ˆพ๐’Š‘๐’…€

narija

Hello

๐’„ญ๐’‡ป

hilหu

Thank you

๐’€€๐’…†

aสƒi

Good

๐’€€๐’ฃ

atsi

Red

โ€”

โ€”

Sources

Words compared

Compared with languages in the same classification: Hurro-Urartian (separate from IE/Semitic)

Meaning HurrianKhotaneseOld KoreanPhrygianEtruscanProto-Japonic-KoreanicFaliscan
Water ๐’…†๐’‚Š /สƒie/ ๐‘€Š๐‘€ค๐‘€ธ /uหdaห/ ๅ‹ฟ /*muษพ/ bedu /หˆbedu/ โ€” /โ€”/ โ€” /โ€”/ โ€” /โ€”/
Fire ๐’‹ซ๐’Œ… /tatu/ ๐‘€†๐‘€ข๐‘€ญ /aหtar/ ๅผ— /*puษพ/ โ€” /โ€”/ โ€” /โ€”/ โ€” /โ€”/ โ€” /โ€”/
Sun ๐’…†๐’ˆจ๐’„€ /สƒimeษกi/ ๐‘€‰๐‘€ญ๐‘†๐‘€ซ /urma/ ๆ—ฅ /*hai/ โ€” /โ€”/ usil /หˆuzil/ โ€” /โ€”/ โ€” /โ€”/
Moon ๐’†ช๐’‹ข๐’„ด /kuสƒuh/ ๐‘€ซ๐‘€ธ๐‘€ฒ๐‘†๐‘€ข /maหsta/ ๆœˆ็พ…็† /*tสŒษพaษพi/ masรช /maหˆseห/ tiur /หˆtiur/ โ€” /โ€”/ โ€” /โ€”/
Star ๐’€ฏ๐’„ญ /mulhi/ ๐‘€ฒ๐‘†๐‘€ข๐‘€ธ๐‘€ญ /staหra/ ๆ˜Ÿๅˆฉ /*pjษ™li/ โ€” /โ€”/ โ€” /โ€”/ โ€” /โ€”/ โ€” /โ€”/
Night โ€” /โ€”/ โ€” /โ€”/ ๅคœ้Ÿณ /*pam/ โ€” /โ€”/ โ€” /โ€”/ โ€” /โ€”/ โ€” /โ€”/
Mother ๐’‚Š๐’ˆพ /ena/ ๐‘€ซ๐‘€ธ๐‘€ข /maหta/ ๆฏๅฒ /*ษ™zi/ mater /หˆmater/ ati /หˆati/ *ษ™ma /ษ™ma/ mate /หˆmate/
Father ๐’€œ๐’‹ซ๐’€€๐’„ฟ /attai/ ๐‘€ง๐‘€บ๐‘€ข /pita/ ็ˆถ /*api/ atas /aหˆtas/ apa /หˆapa/ *ษ™pa /ษ™pa/ pater /หˆpater/
Page 1/5

Open the interactive map: Word Map · HanMap · Name Map · Word Order · Tree

Part of LangMap โ€” a linguistic visualization project. This is a static, crawlable summary; the interactive maps offer pronunciation audio, filters, and a globe view.

Made by Heuron Inc. · GitHub · cho@heuron.com · LangMap home