Akkadian

American  

[uh-key-dee-uhn, uh-kah-] / əˈkeɪ di ən, əˈkɑ- /

Or Accadian

noun

1. the eastern Semitic language, now extinct, of Assyria and Babylonia, written with a cuneiform script.

2. one of the Akkadian people.

3. Obsolete.  Sumerian.

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adjective

1. of or belonging to Akkad.

2. of or relating to the eastern Semitic language called Akkadian.

3. Obsolete.  Sumerian.

Akkadian British  

/ əˈkædɪən, əˈkeɪ- /

noun

1. a member of an ancient Semitic people who lived in central Mesopotamia in the third millennium _bc

2. the extinct language of this people, belonging to the E Semitic subfamily of the Afro-Asiatic family

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adjective

1. of or relating to this people or their language

Etymology

Origin of Akkadian

First recorded in 1850–55; Akkad + -ian

Example Sentences

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.

From Scientific American

Enheduanna lived three centuries after Puabi, following the ascendence of the Akkadians, who united speakers of the Sumerian and Akkadian languages.

From New York Times

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.

From Washington Post

We reacted as if he were reciting the “Epic of Gilgamesh” — in the original Akkadian.

From Washington Post

The tablet is written in the Akkadian language in cuneiform script - an system of writing on clay used in ancient Mesopotamia thousands of years ago.

From BBC