Editing Luwian language (section)

== Syntax ==
The usual word order is [[subject-object-verb]], but words can be moved to the front of the sentence for stress or to start a clause. [[Relative clause]]s are normally before the [[antecedent (grammar)|antecedent]], but they sometimes follow the antecedent. Dependent words and adjectives are normally before their [[head (linguistics)|head]] word. Enclitic particles are often attached to the first word or conjunction.

Various [[conjunction (grammar)|conjunction]]s with temporal or conditional meaning are used to link clauses. There is no coordinating conjunction, but main clauses can be coordinated with the [[enclitic]] ''-ha'', which is attached to the first word of the following clause. In narratives, clauses are linked by using the prosecutive conjunctions: ''a-'' before the first word of the following clause means 'and then', and ''pā'', can be an independent conjunction at the start of a clause and the enclitic ''-pa'' indicates contrast or a change of theme.

The following example sentence demonstrates several common features of Luwian: a final verb, the particle chain headed by the conjunction ''a-'', the quotative clitic ''-wa'', and the [[preverb]] ''sarra'' adding directionality to the main verb ''awiha''.

<!-- a-wa/i *a-pi-i-na |REGIO-ni-ia-ti (FULGUR)pi-ha-mi-sa SUPER+ra/i-a |PES-wa/i-ha -->
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|top= {{huge|{{Script/Anatolian Hieroglyphs|𔗷𔗬𔑈𔓯𔐤𔗷𔖶𔔆𔗐𔓱𔑣𔓢𔑈𔓷𔖻𔗔𔑏𔖱𔗷𔖶𔑦𔗬𔓯𔓷}}}}
|a{{=}}wa api-n wattaniy-ati pihammi-s sarra awi-ha
|and{{=}}QUOT DEM-ABL land-ABL.PL glorified-NOM over come-1.SG
|"And I came over glorified from those lands." (Karkamiš A11b+c, line 14)<ref>{{Cite book|last=Payne|first=Annick|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=x_F71ge6-EIC&q=pi-ha-mi-sa&pg=PA117|title=Hieroglyphic Luwian: An Introduction with Original Texts|date=2010|publisher=Otto Harrassowitz Verlag|isbn=978-3-447-06109-4|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ediana.gwi.uni-muenchen.de/corpus.php#1|title=EDIANA - Corpus|website=www.ediana.gwi.uni-muenchen.de|access-date=2020-02-14}}</ref>
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