Editing Lydian language (section)

== Classification ==
Within the Anatolian group, Lydian occupies a unique and problematic position. One reason is the still very limited evidence and understanding of the language. Another reason is a number of features that are not shared with any other Anatolian language.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.unc.edu/~melchert/lydian.pdf|title=Cambridge Encyclopedia of the World's Ancient Languages: Lydian p. 601-607|author=Craig Melchert|author-link=Craig Melchert|year=2004|publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030411025033/http://www.unc.edu/~melchert/lydian.pdf|archive-date=2003-04-11|url-status=dead}}</ref> It is still not known whether those differences represent developments peculiar to pre-Lydian or the retention in Lydian of archaic features that were lost in the other Anatolian languages.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sprawi.uibk.ac.at/files/hajnal/vortrag_lydisch_engl.pdf|title=Lydian: Late-Hittite or Neo-Luwian?|author=Ivo Hajnal|year=2001|publisher=[[University of Innsbruck]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304100753/http://sprawi.uibk.ac.at/files/hajnal/vortrag_lydisch_engl.pdf|archive-date=2016-03-04|url-status=dead}}</ref> Until more satisfactory knowledge becomes available, the status of Lydian within Anatolian remains a "special" one.