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Which Anatolian language is known from the largest number of surviving texts?

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Map of ancient Anatolia and northern Syria showing the geographic distribution of Anatolian languages, including Hittite, Hattian, Lydian, Phrygian, Palaic, Carian, Lycian, Pisidian, Hurrian, and Urartean. Major historical sites such as Hattusa, Kanesh, and Ugarit are marked, with the Black Sea and Mediterranean Sea bordering the region. — Anatolian languages Distribution of the Anatolian languages.

The Hittite language is the Anatolian language known from the largest number of surviving texts. It is primarily documented through approximately 30,000 cuneiform tablets and fragments discovered in the archives of the Hittite capital, Hattusa, and various provincial centers.12