From Biblical Hebrew חִתִּי ( ḥittî ) , from Hittite 𒄩𒋾 ( ḫati ) , perhaps ultimately an exonym related to Hatti . In reference to the Indo-European-speaking people of Asia Minor (as opposed to the Biblical Hittites ), this term was first used in the early 20th century in confusion with the neighboring Hattites ( Hattic ) whose language was recorded in discovered texts as [script needed] ( ḫattili ) . It is now known that the Hittites called themselves 𒉈𒋗𒈨𒉌𒌍 ( ne-šu-me-né-eš /nešumeneš/ , “ people from the city of Nesha ” ) , hence the much less used alternative name Nesite or Neshite .
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