Akkadian
pronunciation
How to pronounce Akkadian in British English:
UK [əˈkeidiən,-ˈkɑ:-]
How to pronounce Akkadian in American English:
US [əˈkediən]
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- Noun:
- an ancient branch of the Semitic languages
Word Origin
- Akkadian
- 1855, from Akkad (Sumerian Agde, Biblical Acca), name of city founded by Sargon I in northern Babylonia, which is of unknown origin; applied by modern scholars to the east Semitic language spoken there (c. 2300-2100 B.C.E.) and preserved in cuneiform inscriptions.
Example
- 1. Akkadian nouns are declined according to gender , number and case .
- 2. What do they teach you in akkadian schools these days ?
- 3. Cuneiform was in many ways unsuited to akkadian : among its flaws was its inability to represent important phonemes in semitic , including a glottal stop , pharyngeals , and emphatic consonants .
- 4. It seems the gods favor me tonight , akkadian .
- 5. Finally , the akkadian is dead .