What does Akkadian mean?

Definitions for Akkadian
əˈkeɪ di ən, əˈkɑ-akka·di·an

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. Akkadiannoun

    an ancient branch of the Semitic languages

Wiktionary

  1. Akkadiannoun

    A Semitic inhabitant of the region of Mesopotamia near the city of Akkad.

  2. Akkadianadjective

    Of or pertaining to the Akkadian language of ancient Mesopotamia.

  3. Akkadianadjective

    Of or pertaining to the Akkadian Empire.

  4. Akkadiannoun

    The now extinct Semitic language of ancient Mesopotamia, formerly used as an international language of diplomacy.

  5. Etymology: From Akkad, an important city of ancient Mesopotamia.

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  1. akkadian

    The Akkadian is an ancient Semitic language that was spoken and written in the Akkadian Empire, which includes present-day Iraq and parts of Iran, Syria, and Turkey. It emerged around the 3rd millennium BC and became one of the main languages used for official documentation and literature in the Ancient Near East. The term Akkadian can also refer to the Semitic people who established the Akkadian Empire.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Akkadian in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Akkadian in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of Akkadian in a Sentence

  1. Ianir Milevski:

    We have no writing during that period so we know little about them, we do not know what language they spoke but we assume it was an early Semitic language, from which Babylonian and Akkadian evolved and later also Hebrew and Arabic.

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