Anatolian peoples were a group of distinct ethnic groups which spoke related languages. They shared cultural traits and traditional religion. The Anatolian languages were one branch of the larger Indo-European language family. Contents 1 Extinction 2 List of Anatolian Peoples 2.1 Little-known Candidates of being ethnically Anatolian 3 References // Extinction This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding reliable references. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (November 2010)

All the Anatolian languages (and the cultures accompanying them) are extinct (unless one believes the theory that Armenians are the last Anatolian people, as opposed to being part of a separate culture), although there may be lingering influences on the modern inhabitants of Anatolia. The lands of the Anatolian peoples were invaded by a number of peoples and empires at high frequency: the Medes, the Persians, the Greeks, the Romans, the Galatian Celts, the Phrygians and Bithyni (who were related to the Thracians and other Balkan peoples), and the Oghuz Turks. Many of these invaders settled in Anatolia, in some cases causing the extinction of the Anatolian population. The Anatolian peoples themselves may have not been culturally indigenous themselves, unless the Indo-European Urheimat was in Anatolia (however, the much more popular theory is that it was in Ukraine. List of Anatolian Peoples Hittite people. The Hittites were a people that used to live in Central Anatolia. They established a kingdom centered at Hattusa in north-central Anatolia (on the Central Anatolian plateau). Their language was the Hittite language which was spoken mainly in Central Anatolia and throughout the Hittite Empire. Luwian people Lycian people Carian people Pisidian people Palaic people Lydian people Mysians Pamphylians Little-known Candidates of being ethnically Anatolian Lycaonians Isaurians Lutescans References

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