Akkadian language

Akkadian language
"Akkadian" redirects here. For the empire, see Akkadian Empire.
Not to be confused with Acadian language.
Akkadian
lišānum akkadītum
Spoken in Assyria and Babylonia
Region Mesopotamia
Extinct 100 AD
Language family
Writing system Sumero-Akkadian cuneiform
Official status
Regulated by No official regulation
Language codes
ISO 639-2 akk
ISO 639-3 akk
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Ancient
Mesopotamia
Euphrates · Tigris
Sumer
Eridu · Kish · Uruk · Ur
Lagash · Nippur · Girsu
Elam
Susa · Anshan
Akkadian Empire
Akkad · Mari
Amorites
Isin · Larsa
Babylonia
Babylon · Chaldea
Assyria
Assur · Nimrud
Dur-Sharrukin · Nineveh
Mesopotamia (Dynasty list)
Sumer (king list)
Kings of Elam
Kings of Assyria
Kings of Babylon
Enûma Elish · Gilgamesh
Assyrian religion
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Akkadian · Aramaic
Hurrian · Hittite

Akkadian (lišānum akkadītum,


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