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Canaano-Akkadian is an ancient Semitic language which was the written language of the Amarna letters from Canaan. It is a mixed language with mainly Akkadian vocabulary and Canaanite grammatical features. It used the cuneiform writing system of the Akkadian language. Linguistic features
Introduction. 1.1. Linguistic background of Canaano-Akkadian: status quaestionis. “Canaano-Akkadian” – a denomination used first by Shlomo Izre’el (1998a) – is the language of the letters that were sent on behalf of the kings of Canaan to the Egyptian capital city of Amarna in the 14th BCE.
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written in a language that shows close affinities with Akkadian. The second passage is taken from a letter of Ba ’lushiptu, ruler of the city of Gezer in southern Canaan, written in the mixed language used by Canaanite scribes, which I have termed Canaano-Akkadian (Izre’el 1998a). For the differences note especially the use of the verbs.
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Download Free PDF. View PDF. Semitic languages Comparative Semitic Linguistics Akkadian Language Ancient Hebrew Canaanite Languages Amarna Letters Amarna Studies Canaano-Akkadian. This is a third, revised and updated version of the first part of a paper written for the occasion of the Amarna Centennial in Chicago (1987), titled "Some ...
- Shlomo Izre'el
The classification of the language of the Canaanite Amarna Letters is still a matter of contention. The primary debate is whether or not the mixed Canaano-Akkadian forms are a reflection of a local dialect(s) of Akkadian, or a written scribal code––one that was quite distanced from the actual language underlying such messages.
Course description. Canaano-Akkadian: The Language of the El-Amarna Letters from Canaan. The el-Amarna letters are written in cuneiform script and in a mixed language, integrating Canaanite substrata in Peripheral Akkadian. we shall learn how to eliminate the non-Akkdian elements from the mixed language and deal with the structural affinities ...
