Isaurian is an

extinct language An extinct language or dead language is a language with no living native speakers. A dormant language is a dead language that still serves as a symbol of ethnic identity to an ethnic group; these languages are often undergoing a process of r ...

spoken in the area of

Isauria Isauria ( or ; ), in ancient geography, is a rugged, isolated district in the interior of Asia Minor, of very different extent at different periods, but generally covering what is now the district of Bozkır and its surroundings in the Konya P ...

Asia Minor Anatolia (), also known as Asia Minor, is a peninsula in West Asia that makes up the majority of the land area of Turkey. It is the westernmost protrusion of Asia and is geographically bounded by the Mediterranean Sea to the south, the Aegean ...

. Epigraphic evidence, including funerary inscriptions, has been found into the 6th century AD. The personal names of its speakers appear to be derived from

Luwian Luwian (), sometimes known as Luvian or Luish, is an ancient language, or group of languages, within the Anatolian branch of the Indo-European language family. The ethnonym Luwian comes from ''Luwiya'' (also spelled ''Luwia'' or ''Luvia'') – ...

and thus

Indo-European The Indo-European languages are a language family native to the northern Indian subcontinent, most of Europe, and the Iranian plateau with additional native branches found in regions such as Sri Lanka, the Maldives, parts of Central Asia (e. ...

. Isaurian names containing clear Anatolian roots include Οαδας ''Oadas'', Τροκονδας ''Trokondas'' (cf.

'' Tarḫunt,'' Lycian 𐊗𐊕𐊌𐊌𐊑𐊗 ''Trqqñt''), Κουδεις ''Koudeis'' (cf. Lycian ''Kuwata''), and Μοασις ''Moasis'' (cf. Hittite ''muwa'' "power"). The Isaurian personal name Τουατρις ''Touatris'' may reflect the Indo-European word for 'daughter' (compare Hieroglyphic Luwian ''^FILIAtú-wa/i-tara/i-na'').Blažek, Václav. “Indo-European kinship terms in *-ə̯₂TER”. (2001). In: ''Grammaticvs: studia linguistica Adolfo Erharto quinque et septuagenario oblata''. Šefčík, Ondřej (editor); Vykypěl, Bohumil (editor). Vyd. 1. V Brně: Masarykova univerzita, 2001. p. 25. http://hdl.handle.net/11222.digilib/123188

References

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