Akkadian
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- Language: Akkadian
- Alternate names: lišānum akkadītum, Accadian, Assyro-Babylonian
- SIL-code: Ethnologue:xakk
- Language family: Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, East
- Number of speakers: -
- Script: -
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Introduction
Akkadian is ancient language spoken in ancient Mesopotamia. The earliest attested Semitic language, it used the cuneiform writing system derived ultimately from ancient Sumerian, an unrelated language isolate.
Akkadian was language of diplomacy and culture from the 3rd Millennium BC to the early 1st Millennium. Survived until around 100 AD.
The verb
Sample verb: prs
Preterite
| sg.3 | iprus |
| sg.2 m | taprus |
| sg.2 f | taprusï |
| sg.1 | aprus |
| pl.3 m | iprusü |
| pl.3 f | iprusä |
| pl.2 | taprusä |
| pl.1 | niprus |
Present
| sg.3 | iparras |
| sg.2 m | taparras |
| sg.2 f | taparrasï |
| sg.1 | aparras |
| pl.3 m | iparrasü |
| pl.3 f | iparrasä |
| pl.2 | taparrasä |
| pl.1 | niparras |
Imperative
| sg.2 m | purus |
| sg.2 f | pursi |
| pl.2 | pursa |
Perfect
| sg.3 | iptaras |
| sg.2 m | taptaras |
| sg.2 f | taptarsï |
| sg.1 | aptaras |
| pl.3 m | iptarsü |
| pl.3 f | iptarsä |
| pl.2 | taptarsä |
| pl.1 | niptaras |