Neo-Assyrian

E197939

Akkadian dialect Semitic language variety historical language variety

Neo-Assyrian is a later dialect of the Akkadian language used in the Neo-Assyrian Empire for administration, literature, and inscriptions.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Neo-Assyrian period	5
Neo-Assyrian canonical	4
Neo-Assyrian Empire	3
Neo-Assyrian kings	1
Neo‑Assyrian	1
late Assyrian period	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Akkadian dialect ⓘ Semitic language variety ⓘ historical language variety ⓘ
approximateEndDate	7th century BCE ⓘ
approximateStartDate	10th century BCE ⓘ
associatedWithState	Assyria ⓘ surface form: Assyrian Empire Neo-Assyrian Empire ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo	Neo-Babylonian Empire ⓘ surface form: Neo-Babylonian
developedFrom	Middle Assyrian ⓘ Old Assyrian ⓘ
grammaticalFeature	case-marking on nouns ⓘ root-and-pattern morphology ⓘ verbal prefixes and suffixes ⓘ
ISOStatus	historical language (no modern ISO code as separate dialect) ⓘ
languageBranch	Semitic ⓘ
languageFamily	Afroasiatic languages ⓘ surface form: Afro-Asiatic
languageSubbranch	East Semitic ⓘ
linguisticStageOf	Assyrian dialect of Akkadian ⓘ
notableCorpusLocation	Ashur ⓘ surface form: Assur Dur-Sharrukin ⓘ Kalhu ⓘ Nineveh ⓘ
periodOfUse	early 1st millennium BCE ⓘ
primaryRegion	Assyria ⓘ northern Mesopotamia ⓘ
replacedBy	Aramaic as administrative language in Assyria ⓘ
scriptType	logo-syllabic script ⓘ
standardizedUnder	Neo-Assyrian royal administration ⓘ
studiedInField	Assyriology ⓘ Semitic linguistics ⓘ
subdivisionOf	Akkadian ⓘ surface form: Akkadian language East Semitic ⓘ surface form: East Semitic languages
usedBy	King of Assyria ⓘ surface form: Assyrian kings Assyrian scribes ⓘ
usedFor	administration ⓘ economic texts ⓘ legal documents ⓘ literature ⓘ royal inscriptions ⓘ
usedIn	Neo-Assyrian Empire ⓘ
usedInGenre	letters ⓘ omen texts ⓘ royal annals ⓘ royal decrees ⓘ scholarly texts ⓘ
writingMaterial	clay tablets ⓘ prisms ⓘ stone monuments ⓘ
writingSystem	cuneiform ⓘ