Some ancient languages were pictographic and were largely incomprehensible to modern archeologists until linguists discovered the key which unlocked the secrets of this ancient writing system. When they realized that these portions of the Luvian language was mentioning important names, they began to crack the language code.Some ancient languages were pictographic and were largely incomprehensible to modern archeologists until linguists discovered the key which unlocked the secrets of this ancient writing system. When they realized that these portions of the Luvian language was mentioning important names, they began to crack the language code.