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Hittite language, an Uncommon card
Hittite, also known as Nesite, is an extinct Indo-European language formerly spoken in Anatolia during the Bronze Age.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 74
- DEF
- 54
- Power
- 128
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 170,000
Power 128 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 65 % of WikiCards cards.
Hittite language quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Hittite language card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
By the Late Bronze Age, Hittite had started losing ground to its close ______ Luwian.
Answer
relative. By the Late Bronze Age, Hittite had started losing ground to its close relative Luwian. From the Hittite language article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Hittite language. Hittite language 74 · Federative units of Brazil 70 · Le Mans 67 · Gas giant 63 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- The language is attested in cuneiform texts, primarily from the archives of the city of Hattusa, between the 17th century BC to the 13th century BC.
- Isolated Hittite words and personal names appear in Old Assyrian documents in Kanesh from as early as the 20th century BC, making it the earliest attested use of the Indo-European languages.
- By the Late Bronze Age, Hittite had started losing ground to its close relative Luwian.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Hittite language article was read about 170,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 74 and blocks with 54: each hit it takes is cut by 22 %.
How to get Hittite language
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Hittite language (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Mx. Granger, CC0, Wikimedia Commons.
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