Pisidian language
The Pisidian language is a member of the extinct Anatolian branch of the Indo-European language family spoken in Pisidia, a region of ancient Asia Minor. Known from some fifty short inscriptions from the first to second centuries AD, it appears to be closely related to Lycian, Milyan, and Sidetic.
Pisidian script
Pisidian is written left to right in a script that closely resembles the Greek alphabet. A few letters are missing, and two others were added. In recently discovered inscriptions two new signs ? and ╪ have turned up; they are rare and it is not clear whether they are variants of other signs or entirely different characters. Texts are written without word dividers.A typical example :
Alternatively, the end of the line may be read as Δωταριε Νεισ, with dative Dotarie, meaning to Dotari of Nei. In addition, Ειη may also be a dative. The whole line would then mean:
Grammar
Due to the one-sided character of the inscriptions, little is known about the grammar. Two cases are assured: nominative and genitive; the presence of a dative is disputed:| case | ending | example | meaning | |
| Nominative | -Ø | ΔΩΤΑΡΙ | Dotari | |
| Dative | -e | ΔΩΤΑΡΙΕ | to Dotari | |
| Genitive | -s | ΔΩΤΑΡΙΣ | Dotari's |
About the verb nothing can be said; Pisidian verbal forms have not yet been found.