Urartian,
Vannic, and (in older literature)
Chaldean (
Khaldian, or
Haldian) are conventional names for the language spoken by the inhabitants of the ancient kingdom of
Urartu that was located in the region of
Lake Van, with its capital near the site of the modern town of
Van, in the
Armenian Highland, modern-day
Eastern Anatolia region of
Turkey. It was probably spoken by the majority of the population around Lake Van and in the areas along the upper
Zab valley.