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ARTICLES RELATED TO Hittite language - Name |  |  |  | Hittite language - Name: Encyclopedia II - Hittite language - Name"Hittite" is a modern name, chosen after the (still disputed) identification of the Hattusa kingdom with the Hittites mentioned in the Old Testament.
In multi-lingual texts found in Hittite locations, passages written in the Hittite language are preceded by the adverb nesili (or nasili), "(speech) of Nesa", the second capital of the Empire. In one case, the label is Kanisumnili, "that which is spoken in Kanes", an alternative name for the same city. Although the Hittite empire was composed of people from many dive ...
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