Milyan language

Milyan
Milyan
Lycian B
Region	Milyas, Anatolia
Ethnicity	Milyae
Era	First millennium BCE
Language family	Indo-European Anatolian Luwo-Lydian Luwo-Palaic Luwic Lyco-Carian Carian–Milyan Milyan; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Early forms	Proto-Indo-European Proto-Anatolian ;
Writing system	Lycian script
Language codes
ISO 639-3	imy
Linguist List	imy
Glottolog	mily1238

Milyan, also known as Lycian B and previously Lycian 2, is an extinct ancient Anatolian language. It is attested from three inscriptions: two poems of 34 and 71 engraved lines, respectively, on the so-called Xanthian stele (or Xanthian Obelisk, found at Xanthos (which was known to the Lycians as Arñna), and another, shorter, inscription (nine lines) on a sarcophagus at Antiphellus (Habessus). All three poems are divided in strophes.