Urarteans
The Kingdom of Urartu, where the Urarteans inhabited. | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
|---|---|
| West Asia | |
| Languages | |
| Urartian | |
| Religion | |
| Urartian religion |
Urarteans were an ancient people who spoke the Urartian language. The territory of the ancient kingdom of Urartu extended over the modern frontiers of Turkey, Iran, Iraq, and Armenia. Its kings left behind cuneiform inscriptions in the Urartian language, a member of the Hurro-Urartian language family. A related people to the Urarteans are the Hurrians.