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Luwian language
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<p>Luwian , sometimes known as Luvian or Luish, is an ancient language, or group of languages, within the <a href="/facts/Anatolian_languages/aGWvRmue">Anatolian branch</a> of the <a href="/facts/Indo-European_languages/L34TfgSr">Indo-European</a> <a href="/facts/Language_family/IpJv9o5S">language family</a>. The <a href="/facts/Ethnonym/fEFU3fYr">ethnonym</a> Luwian comes from <i>Luwiya</i> (also spelled <i>Luwia</i> or <i>Luvia</i>) – the name of the region in which the <a href="/facts/Luwians/yaA6leEB">Luwians</a> lived. Luwiya is attested, for example, in the <a href="/facts/Hittite_laws/BgjIdfgw">Hittite laws</a>. </p><p>The two varieties of Luwian are known after the scripts in which they were written: Cuneiform Luwian (<i>CLuwian</i>) and <a href="/facts/Hieroglyphic_Luwian/eKLTtTkt">Hieroglyphic Luwian</a> (<i>HLuwian</i>). There is no consensus as to whether these were a single language or two closely related languages. </p>