Akkadian language and its correct pronunciation

Section: Research Paper
Published
Jun 24, 2025
Pages
1-14

Abstract

The Akkadian language is a term used for all the Akkadian, Babylonian, Assyrian and Chaldean dialects that spread in Mesopotamia during nearly three thousand years preceding birth, and it is an ancient term used since the third millennium B.C. As it is mentioned in the cuneiform texts in the form of Lushan Akadam: the Akkadian tongue or the Akkadian language. The use of the last Akkadian dialects before the beginning of the Gregorian date Abu shortly afterwards, as the date of the last Akkadian cuneiform texts goes back to the second half of the first century AD.

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Suleiman Saleh, A., & عامر. (2025). Akkadian language and its correct pronunciation. Adab Al-Rafidayn, 33(36), 1–14. https://doi.org/10.33899/radab.2003.166658