Milyan language
| Milyan | |
|---|---|
| Lycian B | |
| Region | Milyas, Anatolia |
| Ethnicity | Milyae |
| Era | First millennium BCE |
Early forms | |
| Lycian script | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | imy |
imy | |
| Glottolog | mily1238 |
Milyan, also known as Lycian B and previously Lycian 2, is an extinct ancient Anatolian language. It is attested from three inscriptions: two poems of 34 and 71 engraved lines, respectively, on the so-called Xanthian stele (or Xanthian Obelisk, found at Xanthos (which was known to the Lycians as Arñna), and another, shorter, inscription (nine lines) on a sarcophagus at Antiphellus (Habessus). All three poems are divided in strophes.