| Revision as of 14:16, 1 June 2002 view source195.149.37.9 (talk)No edit summary← Previous edit | Revision as of 12:27, 16 August 2002 view source -- April (talk | contribs)3,263 editsm fix linkNext edit → | ||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
| The '''Hurrians''' were a people of the ] inhabiting what is now northern ] and southeastern ]. They spoke a language unrelated to neighboring ] or ] languages. | The '''Hurrians''' were a people of the ] inhabiting what is now northern ] and southeastern ]. They spoke a language unrelated to neighboring ] or ] languages. | ||
| Hurrian speakers formed the majority population of the kingdom of the ], though they appear to have been governed by a class of foreign nobility. ] exhibits many Hurrian loanwords, including most of the religious vocabulary. The 8th century kingdom of ] was also composed of Hurrian speakers, and the language is sometimes referred to as "Hurro-Urartean" (German: ''hurro-urartisch''). | Hurrian speakers formed the majority population of the kingdom of the ], though they appear to have been governed by a class of foreign nobility. ] exhibits many Hurrian loanwords, including most of the religious vocabulary. The 8th century kingdom of ] was also composed of Hurrian speakers, and the language is sometimes referred to as "Hurro-Urartean" (German: ''hurro-urartisch''). | ||
Revision as of 12:27, 16 August 2002
The Hurrians were a people of the Ancient Near East inhabiting what is now northern Syria and southeastern Turkey. They spoke a language unrelated to neighboring Semitic or Indo-European languages.
Hurrian speakers formed the majority population of the kingdom of the Mitanni, though they appear to have been governed by a class of foreign nobility. Hittite exhibits many Hurrian loanwords, including most of the religious vocabulary. The 8th century kingdom of Urartu was also composed of Hurrian speakers, and the language is sometimes referred to as "Hurro-Urartean" (German: hurro-urartisch).