Lydian
Facts
- Language: Lydian
- Alternate names:
- Language code: elyd
- Language family: Indo-European, Anatolian, Southwest
- Number of speakers: Extinct
- Script:
Introduction
Lydian is an extinct language spoken by the Lydians.
The verb
The Lydian verb categories were similar to those of Hittite.
- Only two tenses are found: the past (preterite) and the present.
- Lydian had 3 persons, as usual in Indo-European tongues.
- Verbs had 2 moods in Lydian - indicative ("I go") and imperative ("go!").