East Semitic

E731717

branch of the Semitic languages language subgroup

East Semitic is an early branch of the Semitic language family, historically spoken in ancient Mesopotamia and best known for languages such as Akkadian and Old Assyrian.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
East Semitic languages	4
East Semitic canonical	2
North‑East Semitic	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	branch of the Semitic languages ⓘ language subgroup ⓘ
differentiatedFrom	Central Semitic NERFINISHED ⓘ South Semitic NERFINISHED ⓘ West Semitic NERFINISHED ⓘ
earliestAttestation	3rd millennium BCE ⓘ
geographicFocus	Tigris-Euphrates valley NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasAncestor	Proto-Semitic NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasSubgroup	Akkadian branch ⓘ Eblaite branch NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalRegion	Lower Mesopotamia NERFINISHED ⓘ Upper Mesopotamia NERFINISHED ⓘ ancient Mesopotamia NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced	Akkadian literature NERFINISHED ⓘ administrative language of Mesopotamian empires ⓘ
influencedBy	Sumerian language NERFINISHED ⓘ
linguisticFeature	SOV basic word order tendency ⓘ development of status constructus constructions ⓘ extensive use of ventive verbal forms in Akkadian ⓘ influence from Sumerian ⓘ loss or reduction of some Proto-Semitic case endings ⓘ phonological merger of some Proto-Semitic sibilants ⓘ use of prepositions instead of case endings typical of West Semitic ⓘ
notableLanguage	Akkadian NERFINISHED ⓘ Assyrian ⓘ Babylonian ⓘ Eblaite NERFINISHED ⓘ Middle Assyrian NERFINISHED ⓘ Neo-Assyrian NERFINISHED ⓘ Old Akkadian NERFINISHED ⓘ Old Assyrian NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Afroasiatic language family NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryScriptType	logo-syllabic script ⓘ
status	extinct ⓘ
subclassOf	Semitic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
timePeriod	Bronze Age ⓘ early Iron Age ⓘ
typologicalContact	Hurrian NERFINISHED ⓘ Sumerian NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedFor	administrative records ⓘ legal documents ⓘ literary texts ⓘ royal inscriptions ⓘ
usedIn	Akkadian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Old Assyrian trade colonies ⓘ Old Babylonian period NERFINISHED ⓘ
writingSystem	cuneiform ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

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

Old Assyrian → languageBranch → East Semitic ⓘ

Neo-Assyrian → subdivisionOf → East Semitic ⓘ

this entity surface form: East Semitic languages

Neo-Assyrian → languageSubbranch → East Semitic ⓘ

Middle Babylonian → partOf → East Semitic ⓘ

this entity surface form: East Semitic languages

Middle Assyrian → subfamily → East Semitic ⓘ

this entity surface form: East Semitic languages

Suret → languageSubbranch → East Semitic ⓘ

this entity surface form: North‑East Semitic

Semitic peoples → hasLanguageBranch → East Semitic ⓘ

this entity surface form: East Semitic languages