List of extinct languages
Origin Uncertain
- Sumerian probably afroasiaotic
- Kassite
- Elamite
- Ancient Iberian (of Iberian Peninsula)
- Tartessian
- Aquitanian
- Etruscan
- Lemnian
- Raetic
- Minoan (or Linear A of Crete)
- Hattic
- Meroitic
Indo-European Languages
Anatolian Languages (All Extinct)
- Cuneiform Hittite
- Hieroglyphic Hittite
- Luwian
- Palaian
- Lydian
- Lycian
- Carian
Indo-Iranian Languages
- Avestan
- Ancient Persian (Cuneiform Persian)
- Pahlavi (Middle Persian)
Italic Languages
- Latin
- Oscian
- Umbrian
- Venetic
- Lombardian
Ancient Languages of Balkans
- Phrygian
- Macedonian (Not to be confused with modern Macedonian of Slavic Group)
- Thracian
- Illyrian
- Dacian
Celtic Languages
- British
- Pictish
Hurro-Urartian Languages
- Hurrian
- Urartian
Afroasiatic Languages
- Akkadian
- Babylonian( scientists have uncovered some of the language and are speaking it)
- Aramaic (Assyrians are one of the few left)
- Ugaritic
- Phoenician
- Ancient Egyptian
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