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Archaeologists Found an Entirely New Language Among the Ruins of an Ancient Empire (www.popularmechanics.com)
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[–] lvxferre@mander.xyz 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

As Drusas said, it's an Indo-European language. From a rather distant branch of the family, called Anatolian:

The main language of the tablet (Hittite) is also Anatolian.