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PRONUNCIATION OF AKKADIAN

Akkadian  [əˈkædɪən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF AKKADIAN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Akkadian can act as a noun and an adjective.
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WHAT DOES AKKADIAN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Akkadian

Akkadian language

Akkadian is an extinct Semitic language that was spoken in ancient Mesopotamia. The earliest attested Semitic language, it used the cuneiform writing system, which was originally used to write ancient Sumerian, an unrelated language isolate. The name of the language is derived from the city of Akkad, a major center of Semitic Mesopotamian civilization during the Akkadian Empire, although the language predates the founding of Akkad. The mutual influence between Sumerian and Akkadian had led scholars to describe the languages as a sprachbund. Akkadian proper names were first attested in Sumerian texts from ca. the late 29th century BC. From the second half of the third millennium BC, texts fully written in Akkadian begin to appear. Hundreds of thousands of texts and text fragments have been excavated to date, covering a vast textual tradition of mythological narrative, legal texts, scientific works, correspondence, political and military events, and many other examples. By the second millennium BC, two variant forms of the language were in use in Assyria and Babylonia, known as Assyrian and Babylonian respectively.

Definition of Akkadian in the English dictionary

The first definition of Akkadian in the dictionary is a member of an ancient Semitic people who lived in central Mesopotamia in the third millennium bc. Other definition of Akkadian is the extinct language of this people, belonging to the E Semitic subfamily of the Afro-Asiatic family. Akkadian is also of or relating to this people or their language.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH AKKADIAN


accordion
əˈkɔːdɪən
Barbadian
bɑːˈbeɪdɪən
Bermudian
bəˈmjuːdɪən
Burundian
bəˈrʊndɪən
Cambodian
kæmˈbəʊdɪən
Canadian
kəˈneɪdɪən
comedian
kəˈmiːdɪən
custodian
kʌsˈtəʊdɪən
Edwardian
ɛdˈwɔːdɪən
Euclidean
juːˈklɪdɪən
Gideon
ˈɡɪdɪən
guardian
ˈɡɑːdɪən
Indian
ˈɪndɪən
median
ˈmiːdɪən
melodion
mɪˈləʊdɪən
meridian
məˈrɪdɪən
nickelodeon
ˌnɪkəˈləʊdɪən
obsidian
ɒbˈsɪdɪən
odeon
ˈəʊdɪən
Trinidadian
ˌtrɪnɪˈdædɪən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE AKKADIAN

Akhmatova
Akihito
akimbo
akin
akinesia
akinesis
akinetic
akiraho
akita
Akkad
Akkerman
Akmola
Akmolinsk
akolouthos
akoluthos
akrasia
akratic
Akron
Aksum
Aktobe

WORDS THAT END LIKE AKKADIAN

Acadian
Accadian
African-Canadian
American Indian
Arcadian
circadian
East Indian
English Canadian
Floridian
French Canadian
French-Canadian
Grenadian
Indo-Canadian
milliradian
New Canadian
Orcadian
Palladian
steradian
viridian
West Indian

Synonyms and antonyms of Akkadian in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Akkadian» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF AKKADIAN

Find out the translation of Akkadian to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of Akkadian from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Akkadian» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

阿卡德
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

acadio
570 millions of speakers

English

Akkadian
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अक्केदिअन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الأكادية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

аккадского
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

acadiano
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

আক্কাদিয়ান
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

akkadien
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Akkadian
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Akkadisch
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

アッカド語
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

아카디아
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Akkadian
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Akkadian
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அக்கேதியன்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अक्कादिआन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Akad
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

accadico
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

akadyjski
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

аккадського
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

akkadiană
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Ακκαδική
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Akkadies
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Akkadian
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

akkadisk
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Akkadian

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «AKKADIAN»

The term «Akkadian» is regularly used and occupies the 91.152 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «AKKADIAN» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Akkadian

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «AKKADIAN»

Discover the use of Akkadian in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Akkadian and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Old Sumerian and Old Akkadian Texts in Philadelphia, Chiefly ...
This book contains the 'Akkadian Texts' -- i.e. texts written in the Akkadian Language or script ductus -- the Enlilemaba Texts and the Onion Archive -- all three distinct archives from Nippur in Babylonia from the time of Naram-Sin and ...
Aage Westenholz, 1987
2
Manual of Akkadian
A self-teaching manual of Akkadian, the language of ancient Mesopotamia (modern Iraq), this unique text is designed for beginners with no previous knowledge of any Semitic language.
David Marcus, 1978
3
A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian
It aims to include all certainly attested words with variant forms, dialect and period distribution, logographic writings and English meanings (but not textual citations). A list of roots assists in tracking down the right entries.
Jeremy A. Black, Andrew George, J. N. Postgate, 2000
4
Gemination in the Akkadian Verb
This book offers an account of the role of gemination as a grammatical and lexical feature of Akkadian and a comprehensive treatment of the nominal and verbal categories that are characterized by it.
N. J. C. Kouwenberg, 1997
5
The Language of the Harappans: From Akkadian to Sanskrit
This Raised The Question After The Discovery Of The Harappan Culture: What Was The Language Of The Harappans? This Book Tries To Answer This Question. Since The 19Th C. Sanskrit Has Been Considered The Language Of The Aryas.
Malati J. Shendge, 1997
6
Principles of Akkadian Textual Criticism
Errors of many kinds abound in Akkadian writings, but this fact’s far-reaching implications have never been unraveled and systematized. To attempt this is the aim of this book.
Martin Worthington, 2012
7
Mesopotamian Poetic Language: Sumerian and Akkadian
This collection of articles is the result of the second meeting of the Mesopotamian Literature Group (Groningen), held in Groningen from 12 till 14 July 1993.
Marianna E. Vogelzang, H. L. Herman L. J. Vanstiphout, 1996
8
Syntactic Change in Akkadian: The Evolution of Sentential ...
The fact that the book links linguistic to social change will also make it of interest to archaeologists and historians of the ancient Near East.
Guy Deutscher, 2007
9
Word Order Variation in the Akkadian of Byblos
This book originated from a Ph. D. thesis which was submitted to the Department of Ancient Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University, in 1987.
Agustinus Gianto, 1990
10
Nippur V: The Early Dynastic to Akkadian Transition : the ...
Augusta McMahon took on this task through two seasons, working tirelessly. Stratigraphic exposure of floor after floor of artefacts was slowed drastically by a complex stack of burials that took up almost half of the space in the pit.
Augusta McMahon, 2006

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Akkadian [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/akkadian>. Apr 2024 ».
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