Assyrian Akkadian
- noun
- /əˈsɪr.i.ən əˈkæd.i.ən/
- Specialized
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acadio asirio
- Much of what we know about ancient Assyria comes from texts written in Assyrian Akkadian.
Examples
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Museums often display clay tablets inscribed in the extinct language of Assyrian Akkadian.
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Linguists study Assyrian Akkadian to better understand the history of writing in Mesopotamia.
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The ancient texts were written in Assyrian Akkadian.
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Many scholars study Assyrian Akkadian to understand ancient cultures.
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Linguists study Assyrian Akkadian to better understand the history of writing in Mesopotamia.
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Much of what we know about ancient Assyria comes from texts written in Assyrian Akkadian.
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Museums often display clay tablets inscribed in the extinct language of Assyrian Akkadian.
Synonyms
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An extinct Semitic language once spoken in ancient Mesopotamia
A language once used by the Assyrians in ancient Mesopotamia that is no longer spoken
A dead language once spoken by the Assyrian people in ancient Mesopotamia
A dead language once spoken in ancient Assyria
Surface Forms
Morphology
Both constituents are proper nouns referring to a people/region (Assyrian) and a language (Akkadian), so a learner who knows those words can infer this denotes the Akkadian variety associated with the Assyrians. The meaning is compositional and follows common cross-linguistic naming patterns for language varieties or historical languages, making it immediately understandable to a B1 learner.
Etymology
Assyrian Akkadian is the version of the ancient Akkadian language used by the people called the Assyrian who lived in ancient Mesopotamia. They wrote it on clay tablets, so today Assyrian Akkadian means that old, now 'extinct', language of ancient Assyria.