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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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Akkadian language 3
Old Akkadian 1
Standard Babylonian 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 ⓘ

Referenced by (36)

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

Amorites → associatedLanguage → Akkadian ⓘ
this entity surface form: Akkadian language
Sippar → culture → Akkadian ⓘ
Akkad → hasDemonym → 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
subject surface form: Tashritu
this entity surface form: Akkadian language
Babylon → hasLanguage → Akkadian ⓘ
Semitic languages → hasLanguage → Akkadian ⓘ
Labashi-Marduk → language → Akkadian ⓘ
Marduk → language → Akkadian ⓘ
Nabonidus → language → Akkadian ⓘ
Nebuchadnezzar II → language → Akkadian ⓘ
Neriglissar → language → Akkadian ⓘ
Haran → languageAttested → Akkadian ⓘ
Nippur → languageEvidence → Akkadian ⓘ
Ashur → languageOfInscriptions → Akkadian ⓘ
Nabopolassar → languageSpoken → Akkadian ⓘ
Nineveh → languageUsed → Akkadian ⓘ
Sippar → languageUsed → Akkadian ⓘ
Ur → languageUsed → Akkadian ⓘ
Adar → nameOrigin → Akkadian ⓘ
Assyria → officialLanguage → Akkadian ⓘ
Nisan → originOfName → Akkadian ⓘ
Elamite → usedAlongside → Akkadian ⓘ
subject surface form: Babylonian Chronicles
this entity surface form: Akkadian language