Editing Hattic language (section)

==Classification==
{{See also|Northwest Caucasian languages#Connections to Hattic}}
Certain similarities between Hattic and both [[Northwest Caucasian languages|Abkhazo-Adyghean]] and [[South Caucasian languages|Kartvelian languages]] have led to proposals by some scholars about the possibility of a linguistic bloc from central [[Anatolia]] to the [[Caucasus]].<ref>Ivanov, Vyacheslav V. (1985). "On the Relationship of Hattic to the Northwest Caucasian languages," in B.B. Piotrovskij, Vyacheslav V. Ivanov, and Vladislav G. Ardzinba (eds.), ''Anatoliya – Ancient Anatolia'', Moscow: Nauka. pp 26–59 (in Russian)</ref><ref>[[John Colarusso]] (1997). ''Peoples of the Caucasus''; in Introduction to the ''Worldmark Encyclopedia of Cultures and Daily Life''; Pepper Pike, Ohio: Eastword Publications</ref><ref>Ardzinba, V.G. (1979). “Nekotorye sxodnye strukturnye priznaki xattskogo i abxazo-adygskix jazykov”. Peredneasiatskij Sbornik III: i storija i filologija a tran drevnego vostoka, pp 26-37. Moscow: Nauka</ref><ref>Dunaevskaja, I.M. & D´jakonov, I.M. (1979). “Xattskij (protoxettskij) jazyk”. Jazyki Azii i Afriki, III. Jazyki drevnej perednej Azii (nesemitskie), Iberijsko-Kavkazskie jazyki, Paleoaziatskie jazyki. G.D. Sanžeev, (ed.) pp 79-83. Moskva. Nauka</ref> According to Alexey Kassian, there are also possible lexical correspondences between Hattic and [[Yeniseian languages]], as well as with the [[Burushaski language]]; for instance, "tongue" is ''alef'' in Hattic and ''alup'' in [[Kott language|Kott]], "moon" is ''kap'' in Hattic and ''qīp'' in [[Ket language|Ket]], "mountain" is ''ziš'' in Hattic and ''ćhiṣ'' in Burushaski (compare also with ''*čɨʔs'' – a Proto-Yeniseian word for "stone").<ref>''Касьян А.С.'' (2010). Хаттский язык // Языки мира: Древние реликтовые языки Передней Азии / РАН. Институт языкознания. Под ред. Н.Н. Казанского, А.А. Кибрика, Ю.Б. Корякова. М.: Academia. (in Russian)</ref><ref>''Kassian, A.'' (2009–2010) Hattic as a Sino-Caucasian language // Ugarit-Forschungen. Internationales Jahrbuch für die Altertumskunde Syrien-Palästinas. Bd 41. pp 309–447.</ref>