Includes bibliographical references (p. 495-507) and indexes.

Preliminary Material / I. J. Adiego -- Chapter One. Introduction / I. J. Adiego -- Chapter Two. The Indirect Sources / I. J. Adiego -- Chapter Three. The Inscriptions / I. J. Adiego -- Chapter Four. The History Of The Decipherment / I. J. Adiego -- Chapter Five. The Carian Alphabet / I. J. Adiego -- Chapter Six. Phonological Features / I. J. Adiego -- Chapter Seven. Analyzing Carian Inscriptions / I. J. Adiego -- Chapter Eight. Morphological Features / I. J. Adiego -- Chapter Nine. The General Vocabulary And The Proper Names / I. J. Adiego -- Chapter Ten. Carian As An Indo-Europeananatolian Language / I. J. Adiego -- Chapter Eleven. Carian Glossary / I. J. Adiego -- Appendices / I. J. Adiego -- Abbreviations And Bibliography / I. J. Adiego -- Table I The Carian Alphabet / I. J. Adiego -- Table II Carian Signs In Coin Legends / I. J. Adiego -- Indices / I. J. Adiego -- Plates / I. J. Adiego.

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This handbook provides a complete and updated view of our current knowledge about Carian, one of the Indo-European languages spoken in ancient Anatolia. The decipherment of the Carian alphabet has only recently made it possible to analyze Carian inscriptions and to classify the Carian language linguistically. The book covers all major topics of research on Carian: the direct and indirect sources with an edition of the Carian inscriptions following a new classification system, the history of the decipherment, the Carian alphabet, and the phonological, morphological, lexical, and syntactic features of the language. It includes an annotated Carian glossary. The volume concludes with a special appendix on Carian coins and legends by Koray Konuk that will be of particular interest to specialists in ancient numismatics.