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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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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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