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
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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Shalmaneser III language Akkadian
Akkadian Empire language Akkadian
this entity surface form: Akkadian language
Sin-leqi-unninni associatedLanguageStage Akkadian
this entity surface form: Standard Babylonian dialect of Akkadian
Ḫarrānu languageAttested Akkadian
Persian court usedLanguage Akkadian
Mitanni kingdom languageOfAdministration Akkadian
this entity surface form: Akkadian language
Sargonid dynasty language Akkadian
Assyrian inscriptions writtenInLanguage Akkadian
this entity surface form: Akkadian language
Assyrian inscriptions writtenInLanguage Akkadian
this entity surface form: Neo-Assyrian dialect
šar kibrāt erbetti language Akkadian
Sealand languageUsed Akkadian
Arbela languageOfName Akkadian
Proto-Semitic language hasDescendant Akkadian
this entity surface form: Akkadian language
Aya languageAttestedIn Akkadian
Chaldea historicalLanguage Akkadian
Sîn culture Akkadian
Sîn languageName Akkadian
Kashshaya languageUsed Akkadian
Institute of Ancient Near Eastern Studies hasAcademicDiscipline Akkadian
this entity surface form: Akkadian language
Wolfram von Soden fieldOfWork Akkadian
this entity surface form: Akkadian language
Mari languageOfTexts Akkadian
Mari languageOfTexts Akkadian
this entity surface form: Old Babylonian Akkadian
Semitic peoples historicallySpoke Akkadian
this entity surface form: Akkadian language
Amorite language distinctFrom Akkadian
this entity surface form: Akkadian language
Amorite language influencedBy Akkadian
this entity surface form: Akkadian language
Dagan languageAttestedIn Akkadian
šar kiššatim language Akkadian
Amurru nameLanguage Akkadian
Ululayu language Akkadian
Tashrītu languageForm Akkadian
Elamite cuneiform notUsedFor Akkadian
this entity surface form: Akkadian language