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Kassite

Kassite

9.9
An ancient language once spoken in Babylonia that is now extinct
  • noun
  • Specialized
: idioma cassita
  • The Kassite language remains only partially deciphered by modern linguists.

Examples

  • Few written records exist in Kassite, making it difficult to reconstruct its grammar.

  • Many inscriptions in Kassite have been discovered.

  • Scholars believe that Kassite was unrelated to other nearby Mesopotamian languages.

  • The Kassite language is still not fully understood.

  • Few written records exist in Kassite, making it difficult to reconstruct its grammar.

  • Scholars believe that Kassite was unrelated to other nearby Mesopotamian languages.

  • Many inscriptions in Kassite have been discovered.

Synonyms

Cassite language
vsKassite
  • Specialized
9.9

An extinct language once spoken by the Kassite people in ancient Mesopotamia in the second millennium BCE

is the general ancient tongue without specific dating
Kassite language
vsKassite
  • Specialized
9.9

An extinct language once spoken in ancient Mesopotamia, known from a few names and words on clay tablets

is described generally without noting the sparse surviving evidence
Cassite
vsKassite
  • Specialized
9.9

An ancient language once used in Babylon, now known only from a few words

is presented simply as an extinct ancient tongue without attestation detail

Compounds

Kassite language
  • Specialized
9.9

An extinct language once spoken in ancient Mesopotamia, known from a few names and words on clay tablets

Surface Forms

Kassite singular
Kassites plural

Morphology

Kassite = Kass + ite

The language sense is based on the ethnic name plus -ite, but the base itself is not transparent to most learners.

Etymology

Kassite is also used for the 'language' of those same people, because a language is often named after the people who speak it, and few records survive which is why the Kassite language is still only partly understood by experts.