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'''[[Attian]]''' (''Attian Hevriti'': '''אתנְי''', ''Latin'': '''Athnai''', [[IPA for Attian|/aθˈnai̩/]]) is an Attamian language spoken in the [[w:Caucasus|Caucasus]], across the borders of [[w:Georgia (country)|Georgia]], [[w:Armenia|Armenia]] and [[w:Turkey|Turkey]]. It is not known to have any transparent genetic connections to any other language, despite a number of attempts of classification. | '''[[Attian]]''' (''Attian Hevriti'': '''אתנְי''', ''Latin'': '''Athnai''', [[IPA for Attian|/aθˈnai̩/]]) is an Attamian language spoken in the [[w:Caucasus|Caucasus]], across the borders of [[w:Georgia (country)|Georgia]], [[w:Armenia|Armenia]] and [[w:Turkey|Turkey]]. It is not known to have any transparent genetic connections to any other language, despite a number of attempts of classification. | ||
The language has been documented in the Caucasus since at least the 9<sup>th</sup> century AD, with the discovery of the ''Hayastani documents'', (Attian: ''Egrava ta Hayaztan'', ''חגרְוְ טְ חְיְזטְן'') a Greek transcript of the languages in | The language has been documented in the Caucasus since at least the 9<sup>th</sup> century AD, with the discovery of the ''Hayastani documents'', (Attian: ''Egrava ta Hayaztan'', ''חגרְוְ טְ חְיְזטְן'') a Greek transcript of the languages in the [[w:Transcaucasian|Transcaucasian]] settlements. The now fragile documents were written by the Byzantine Greek philosopher Antenor [[w:Yerevan|Erevanon]], in an effort to investigate the ethnic diversity in the region: | ||
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