New Indo-European Language Found in Hittite Heartland

Archaeologists at the site of the ancient Hittite capital in present-day Turkey have uncovered evidence of a previously unknown Indo-European language, a finding reported by Arkeonews. This breakthrough emerged from excavations in the Boğazkale region near Hattusa, the historic center of Hittite power in Anatolia. The discovery adds a new layer to our understanding of how the Hittites documented rituals, treaties, and daily life. Earlier research revealed that the Hittite archive includes tens of thousands of clay tablets and inscriptions, many detailing prayers, myths, spells, and legal decrees. Taken together, these tablets form one of the richest bodies of writing from the ancient Indo-European world, a tradition that also links to how modern languages in the same family, including Russian, trace their roots.