Akkadian

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Akkadian is an extinct Semitic language of ancient Mesopotamia, historically used in Assyria and Babylonia and written in cuneiform script.

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Generate an image of Akkadian (Akkadian is an extinct Semitic language of ancient Mesopotamia, historically used in Assyria and Babylonia and written in cuneiform script.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Semitic language ⓘ
extinct language ⓘ
language of Mesopotamia ⓘ
ancestorOf no modern spoken language ⓘ
approximateExtinction 1st millennium BCE ⓘ
earliestAttestation 3rd millennium BCE ⓘ
hasCaseSystem nominative–accusative alignment ⓘ
hasDialect Assyrian ⓘ
Babylonian ⓘ
linked to: Babylonians

Middle Assyrian ⓘ
Middle Babylonian ⓘ
Neo-Assyrian ⓘ
Neo-Babylonian ⓘ
Old Akkadian ⓘ
linked to: Akkadian

Old Assyrian ⓘ
Standard Babylonian ⓘ
linked to: Akkadian
hasGender feminine ⓘ
masculine ⓘ
hasNumber dual (partially preserved) ⓘ
plural ⓘ
singular ⓘ
historicalPeriod Bronze Age ⓘ
Iron Age ⓘ
influenced Aramaic language ⓘ
linked to: Aramaic

Elamite language ⓘ
linked to: Elamite

Hittite language ⓘ
linked to: Hittite (Nesite)

Hurrian language ⓘ
linked to: Hurrian
influencedBy Sumerian language ⓘ
languageBranch Semitic languages ⓘ
languageCodeISO_639_2 akk ⓘ
languageCodeISO_639_3 akk ⓘ
languageFamily Afroasiatic languages ⓘ
morphologicalType fusional language ⓘ
notableText Code of Hammurabi ⓘ
Enuma Elish ⓘ
Epic of Gilgamesh (Akkadian version) ⓘ
linked to: Epic of Gilgamesh
partOf cuneiform culture of Mesopotamia ⓘ
phonologicalType consonant–vowel (CV) syllable structure dominant ⓘ
region Iraq (ancient Near East) ⓘ
linked to: Mesopotamia

Mesopotamia ⓘ
replacedBy Aramaic language ⓘ
linked to: Aramaic
scriptDirection left-to-right ⓘ
standardTransliterationSystem Latin-based scholarly transliteration ⓘ
studiedInDiscipline Assyriology ⓘ
subclassOf East Semitic language ⓘ
usedAs lingua franca of the ancient Near East ⓘ
usedFor administrative documents ⓘ
legal texts ⓘ
literary texts ⓘ
religious texts ⓘ
royal inscriptions ⓘ
scientific texts ⓘ
usedIn Assyria ⓘ
Babylonia ⓘ
linked to: Mesopotamia

ancient Mesopotamia ⓘ
linked to: Mesopotamia
writingSystem Mesopotamian cuneiform ⓘ
cuneiform script ⓘ
writingSystemType logo-syllabic script ⓘ

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Referenced by (255)

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Semitic languages → hasLanguage → Akkadian ⓘ
Nebuchadnezzar II → language → Akkadian ⓘ
Nisan → originOfName → Akkadian ⓘ
Adar → nameOrigin → Akkadian ⓘ
Babylon → hasLanguage → Akkadian ⓘ
Akkadian → hasDialect → Old Akkadian ⓘ
linked to: Akkadian
Akkadian → hasDialect → Standard Babylonian ⓘ
linked to: Akkadian
Assyria → officialLanguage → Akkadian ⓘ
Nineveh → languageUsed → Akkadian ⓘ
Akkad → hasDemonym → Akkadian ⓘ
Nippur → languageEvidence → Akkadian ⓘ
Marduk → language → Akkadian ⓘ
Ashur → languageOfInscriptions → Akkadian ⓘ
Ur → languageUsed → Akkadian ⓘ
Haran → languageAttested → Akkadian ⓘ
Babylonian Chronicles → writtenInLanguage → Akkadian language ⓘ
subject linked to: Babylonian chronicles
linked to: Akkadian
Neriglissar → language → Akkadian ⓘ
Sippar → languageUsed → Akkadian ⓘ
Sippar → culture → Akkadian ⓘ
Labashi-Marduk → language → Akkadian ⓘ
Nabopolassar → languageSpoken → Akkadian ⓘ
Nabonidus → language → Akkadian ⓘ
Amorites → associatedLanguage → Akkadian language ⓘ
linked to: Akkadian
Tashritu → hasEtymology → Akkadian language ⓘ
subject linked to: Akkadian month Tashritu
linked to: Akkadian
Elamite → usedAlongside → Akkadian ⓘ
Xerxes I → inscriptionLanguage → Akkadian ⓘ
Utnapishtim → languageOfName → Akkadian ⓘ
Babylonians → language → Akkadian ⓘ
Belšar-uṣur → languageForm → Akkadian ⓘ
Hammurabi → language → Akkadian ⓘ
Hammurabi → legalCodeLanguage → Akkadian ⓘ
Sennacherib → language → Akkadian ⓘ
Baltasar → hasOrigin → Akkadian language ⓘ
linked to: Akkadian
Ugaritic language → usedAlongside → Akkadian language ⓘ
linked to: Akkadian
Hittite archives → language → Akkadian language ⓘ
linked to: Akkadian
Old Assyrian → subclassOf → Akkadian ⓘ
Old Assyrian → partOf → Akkadian language ⓘ
linked to: Akkadian