Pre-Greek substrate
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The pre-Greek substrate consists of the unknown pre-Greek language or languages spoken in prehistoric Greece prior to the emergence of the Proto-Greek language in the region c. 3200–2200 BC, during th
Anatolian-style depas cup, 23rd century BC; its name is believed to be a Luwian loanword
Luwian language
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Luwian, sometimes known as Luvian or Luish, is an ancient language, or group of languages, within the Anatolian branch of the Indo-European language family. The ethnonym Luwian comes from Luwiya – the
Pre-Greek substrate
…languages were once spoken in both the Greek peninsula and western Asia Minor before Mycenaean Greek and the attested Anatolian languages (Hittite and Luwian) became predominant in the region. Various explanations for this phenomenon have been given by scholars. One substrate language, whose influence is…
Luwian hieroglyph BOS (cow)
Luwian hieroglyphs at Hattusa
Stele of Sultanhan, Museum of Anatolian Civilizations, Ankara
Basalt bowl with engraved inscription in Luwian hieroglyphics found in Babylon, southern Iraq, in the 1880s and now in the collection of the British Museum