Editing Lycian language (section)

{{Short description|Extinct Indo-European language of southwestern Anatolia}}
{{Other uses|Lycian (disambiguation)}}
{{Infobox language
|name=Lycian
|nativename={{lang|xlc|{{Script|Lyci|𐊗𐊕𐊐𐊎𐊆𐊍𐊆}}}} {{Transliteration|xlc|''Trm̃mili''}}
|states=[[Lycia]], [[Lycaonia]]
|region=Southwestern [[Anatolia]]
|ethnicity=[[Lycians]]
|era=500 – ca. 200 BC
|ref = linglist
|familycolor=Indo-European
|fam2=[[Anatolian languages|Anatolian]]
|fam3=[[Anatolian languages#Luwic branch|Luwo]]-[[Lydian language|Lydian]]
|fam4=[[Anatolian languages#Luwic branch|Luwo]]-[[Palaic language|Palaic]]
|fam5=[[Anatolian languages#Luwic branch|Luwic]]
|fam6=Lyco-Carian
|fam7=Lycian–[[Sidetic language|Sidetic]]
|ancestor=[[Proto-Indo-European language|Proto-Indo-European]]
|ancestor2=[[Proto-Anatolian language|Proto-Anatolian]]
|iso3=xlc
|glotto=lyci1241
|glottorefname=Lycian A
|linglist=xlc
|imagecaption=Xanthos stele with Lycian inscriptions
|image=Lycian inscription at Xanthos.jpg
|imagesize=
|script=[[Lycian script]]
}}
{{Contains special characters|Uncommon Unicode}}
The '''Lycian language''' ({{lang|xlc|{{Script|Lyci|𐊗𐊕𐊐𐊎𐊆𐊍𐊆}}}} {{Transliteration|xlc|''Trm̃mili''}})<ref name=bry30>Bryce (1986) page 30.</ref> was the language of the ancient [[Lycians]] who occupied the [[Anatolia]]n region known during the [[Iron Age]] as [[Lycia]]. Most texts date back to the fifth and fourth century BC. Two languages are known as Lycian: regular Lycian or Lycian A, and Lycian B or [[Milyan language|Milyan]].
Lycian became extinct around the beginning of the first century&nbsp;BC, replaced by the [[Ancient Greek language]] during the [[Hellenization]] of Anatolia. Lycian had its [[Lycian script|own alphabet]], which was closely related to the [[Greek alphabet]] but included at least one character borrowed from [[Carian language|Carian]] as well as characters proper to the language. The words were often separated by two points.