Akkadian
or Ac·ca·di·an
the eastern Semitic language, now extinct, of Assyria and Babylonia, written with a cuneiform script.
one of the Akkadian people.
Obsolete. Sumerian.
Origin of Akkadian
1Words Nearby Akkadian
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How to use Akkadian in a sentence
There is no doubt that these read (like the early Akkadian texts) in lines with syllables arranged in columns.
Palestine | Claude Reignier ConderThe phonetic writing is, therefore, a warning against any endeavor to read the name by an Akkadian transliteration of the signs.
An Old Babylonian Version of the Gilgamesh Epic | AnonymousMr. G. Bertin, the Akkadian scholar, favours the same conclusion.
Palestine | Claude Reignier ConderA god called Uz has for his name the Akkadian word for goat.
Myths & Legends of Babylonia & Assyria | Lewis SpenceBy these it is shown to be clearly a Mongol language, closely related with the Akkadian, though somewhat later.
British Dictionary definitions for Akkadian
Accadian
/ (əˈkædɪən, əˈkeɪ-) /
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
of or relating to this people or their language
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