There are some chances that Kaskean from North Anatolia will not be anymore considered as unrecorded language.
Sasseville published a paper this year where he examines some Hittite cuneiform texts with unknown language and he suggests that those unknown words can be Kaskean lexemes.
The paper is behind the paywall but a small talk with Chatgpt AI gave me an impression that Sasseville is inclined to the theory that Kaskean has some connection with Hattic language.
The current scant archaegenetic data from north Anatolia also supports this theory. Rasuloglu Hoyuk which is linked to Hattic culture yielded G2-M406 and T1a2a. The same haplotypes where found in more northern location where Kaska people were attested.
This year was remarkable for Kaska archaeology also. A site was discovered that was explicitly linked to Kaska people. And a settlement near Samsun was proposed to be the famous Nerik city.
All links below.
About Rasuloglu aDNA
About ppssible connection with Nerik
A new site
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