Concept information
Preferred term
akkAkkadian
Type
-
Language
Definition
- Akkadian (lišānum akkadītum, 𒀝𒂵𒌈 ak.kADû) (also Accadian, Assyro-Babylonian ) is an extinct Semitic language (part of the greater Afroasiatic language family) that was spoken in ancient Mesopotamia. The earliest attested Semitic language, it used the cuneiform writing system derived ultimately from ancient Sumerian, an unrelated language isolate. The name of the language is derived from the city of Akkad, a major center of Mesopotamian civilization.
Entry terms
- Akkadian language
ISO 639-2 Bibliographical code
- akk
ISO 639-2 Terminological code
- akk
ISO 639-3 code
- akk
Notation
- akk
In other languages
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Akkadien
French
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akkadien
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Akkadisch
German
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Akkadische Sprache
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accado
Italian
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Lingua accadica
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Portuguese
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Língua acádia
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acadio
Spanish
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Idioma acadio
URI
http://lexvo.org/id/iso639-3/akk
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