Akkadian

E37900

Semitic language extinct language language of Mesopotamia

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

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All labels observed (9)

Label	Occurrences
Akkadian canonical	108
Akkadian language	24
Old Akkadian	2
Babylonian dialects of Akkadian	1
Neo-Assyrian dialect	1
Old Babylonian Akkadian	1
Standard Babylonian	1
Standard Babylonian dialect of Akkadian	1
Standard Babylonian literary language	1

Statements (58)

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 ⓘ Babylonians ⓘ surface form: Babylonian Middle Assyrian ⓘ Middle Babylonian ⓘ Neo-Assyrian ⓘ Neo-Babylonian Empire ⓘ surface form: Neo-Babylonian Akkadian self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Old Akkadian Old Assyrian ⓘ Akkadian self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Standard Babylonian
hasGender	feminine ⓘ masculine ⓘ
hasNumber	dual (partially preserved) ⓘ plural ⓘ singular ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Bronze Age ⓘ Iron Age ⓘ
influenced	Aramaic ⓘ surface form: Aramaic language Elamite ⓘ surface form: Elamite language Hittite (Nesite) ⓘ surface form: Hittite language Hurrian ⓘ surface form: Hurrian language
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 ⓘ surface form: Epic of Gilgamesh (Akkadian version)
partOf	cuneiform culture of Mesopotamia ⓘ
phonologicalType	consonant–vowel (CV) syllable structure dominant ⓘ
region	Mesopotamia ⓘ surface form: Iraq (ancient Near East) Mesopotamia ⓘ
replacedBy	Aramaic ⓘ surface form: Aramaic language
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 ⓘ Mesopotamia ⓘ surface form: Babylonia Mesopotamia ⓘ surface form: ancient Mesopotamia
writingSystem	Mesopotamian cuneiform ⓘ cuneiform script ⓘ
writingSystemType	logo-syllabic script ⓘ

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Input

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

Referenced by (140)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Anatolian languages → influencedBy → Akkadian ⓘ

Mesopotamian Arabic → influencedBy → Akkadian ⓘ

Semitic languages → hasLanguage → Akkadian ⓘ

Nebuchadnezzar II → language → Akkadian ⓘ

Nisan → originOfName → Akkadian ⓘ

Afroasiatic languages → includesLanguage → Akkadian ⓘ

Afroasiatic languages → hasAncientMember → Akkadian ⓘ

Adar → nameOrigin → Akkadian ⓘ

Ancient Near East collection → hasLanguageOfInscriptions → Akkadian ⓘ

Babylon → hasLanguage → Akkadian ⓘ

Akkadian → hasDialect → Akkadian self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Akkadian

Akkadian → hasDialect → Akkadian self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Standard Babylonian

Assyria → officialLanguage → Akkadian ⓘ

Nineveh → languageUsed → Akkadian ⓘ

Boğazköy (Hattusa) → languageOfInscriptions → Akkadian ⓘ

Hittite (Nesite) → usesLogogramsFrom → Akkadian ⓘ

Hittite (Nesite) → containsLoanwordsFrom → Akkadian ⓘ

Akkad → hasDemonym → Akkadian ⓘ

Nippur → languageEvidence → Akkadian ⓘ

Marduk → language → Akkadian ⓘ

Ashur → languageOfInscriptions → Akkadian ⓘ

Ur → languageUsed → Akkadian ⓘ

Haran → languageAttested → Akkadian ⓘ

Babylonian chronicles → writtenInLanguage → Akkadian ⓘ

subject surface form: Babylonian Chronicles

this entity surface form: Akkadian language

Neriglissar → language → Akkadian ⓘ

Sippar → languageUsed → Akkadian ⓘ

Sippar → culture → Akkadian ⓘ

Labashi-Marduk → language → Akkadian ⓘ

Nabopolassar → languageSpoken → Akkadian ⓘ

Nabonidus → language → Akkadian ⓘ

Amarna letters → primaryLanguage → Akkadian ⓘ

Amorites → associatedLanguage → Akkadian ⓘ

this entity surface form: Akkadian language

Tiglath-Pileser III → languageOfInscriptions → Akkadian ⓘ

King of the Universe → languageOfOrigin → Akkadian ⓘ

Akkadian month Tashritu → hasEtymology → Akkadian ⓘ

subject surface form: Tashritu

this entity surface form: Akkadian language

Elamite → usedAlongside → Akkadian ⓘ

Xerxes I → inscriptionLanguage → Akkadian ⓘ

Utnapishtim → languageOfName → Akkadian ⓘ

Babylonians → language → Akkadian ⓘ

Assyrian lion hunt reliefs → languageOfInscriptions → Akkadian ⓘ

Belšar-uṣur → languageForm → Akkadian ⓘ

Processional Way → languageOfInscriptions → Akkadian ⓘ

Hammurabi → language → Akkadian ⓘ

Hammurabi → legalCodeLanguage → Akkadian ⓘ

Sennacherib → language → Akkadian ⓘ

Baltasar → hasOrigin → Akkadian ⓘ

this entity surface form: Akkadian language

Ugaritic language → usedAlongside → Akkadian ⓘ

this entity surface form: Akkadian language

Hittite archives → language → Akkadian ⓘ

this entity surface form: Akkadian language

Old Assyrian → subclassOf → Akkadian ⓘ

Old Assyrian → partOf → Akkadian ⓘ

this entity surface form: Akkadian language