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Akkadian
[ uh-key-dee-uhn, uh-kah- ]
Akkadian
/ əˈkædɪən; əˈkeɪ- /
noun
- a member of an ancient Semitic people who lived in central Mesopotamia in the third millennium bc
- the extinct language of this people, belonging to the E Semitic subfamily of the Afro-Asiatic family
adjective
- of or relating to this people or their language
Example Sentences
It now receives hundreds of queries per week, and similar efforts are being applied to languages from Korean to Akkadian, which was used in ancient Mesopotamia.
Historians and linguists generally agree that Sumerian, Akkadian and Egyptian are the oldest languages with a clear written record.
And then shortly after that, we also found some passages written in an ancient Semitic language called Akkadian that is related to Hebrew and Arabic today.
Enheduanna lived three centuries after Puabi, following the ascendence of the Akkadians, who united speakers of the Sumerian and Akkadian languages.
Psychologist Tim Lomas created an interactive lexicography of emotion words in languages from Akkadian to Zulu, positing that expanded sentimental vocabularies enrich our inner lives.
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