Were Gutians Indo European?
According to the linguists Tamaz V. Gamkrelidze and Vyacheslav V. Ivanov, the Gutian language belonged to the Indo-European language family and was most closely related to the Tocharian languages found later in eastern Central Asia. Where did the Gutians come from? The Guti (/ˈɡuːti/) or Quti, also known by the derived exonyms Gutians or Guteans,…