Akkadian

Akkadian is among the earliest written Semitic languagesSemitic languagesA language family including Akkadian, Ugaritic, Hebrew, Aramaic and Arabic.Glossary · Click to read the explanation. Used over many centuries in MesopotamiaMesopotamiaA historical region associated with the Tigris and Euphrates, home to many societies and civilisations.Glossary · Click to read the explanation and neighbouring regions, it includes Babylonian and Assyrian traditions. CuneiformCuneiformWriting with wedge-shaped signs, developed from Mesopotamian recording traditions and used for several languages from the third millennium BCE.Glossary · Click to read the explanation is its writing system, not the name of the language. The Akkadian noun iluAkkadian iluThe Akkadian word for “god”; its occurrence does not automatically identify the deity El.Glossary · Click to read the explanation means “god”; its grammatical endings vary with form and context. ^{[1] [2]}