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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
Akkadian ( / əˈkeɪdiən /; Akkadian: 𒀝𒅗𒁺𒌑, romanized: Akkadû) [7] [8] is an extinct East Semitic language that was spoken in ancient Mesopotamia ( Akkad, Assyria, Isin, Larsa, Babylonia and perhaps Dilmun) from the third millennium BC until its gradual replacement in common use by Old Aramaic among Assyrians and Babylonians from the 8th century BC.
- Assyrian, Babylonian, Canaano-Akkadian, Old Akkadian
- Sumero-Akkadian cuneiform
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The East Semitic languages are one of three divisions of the Semitic languages. The East Semitic group is attested by three distinct languages, Akkadian, Eblaite and possibly Kishite, all of which have been long extinct. They were influenced by the non-Semitic Sumerian language and adopted cuneiform writing.
- formerly Mesopotamia
Akkadian is an extinct East Semitic language that was spoken in ancient Mesopotamia from the third millennium BC until its gradual replacement in common use by Old Aramaic among Assyrians and Babylonians from the 8th century BC.
Canaano-Akkadian is a hybrid language compound of three layers: typical Old Babylonian constructions, genuine Northwest Semitic elements and so-called “local modifications”, i.e. expressions that are neither Babylonian nor Canaanite, but reflect Canaano-Akkadian mixed forms.
- Alexander Andrason, Juan-Pablo Vita
- 2014
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 ...
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 of the mixed Canaano ...
