Anatolian hieroglyphs are an indigenous
logographic script native to central
Anatolia, consisting of some 500 signs. They were once commonly known as
Hittite hieroglyphs, but the language they encode proved to be
Luwian, not
Hittite, and the term
Luwian hieroglyphs is used in English publications. They are typologically similar to
Egyptian hieroglyphs, but do not derive graphically from that script, and they are not known to have played the sacred role of hieroglyphs in Egypt. There is no demonstrable connection to
Hittite cuneiform.