Akkadian
extinct Semitic language of Mesopotamia
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Summary
Akkadian is a dead language[1]. Akkadian ranks in the top 1% of dead language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (13,674 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: Akkadian Empire[3], Babylonia[4], Assyrian Empire[5]
- Instance of: ancient language[6]
- Subclass of: East Semitic[7], Semitic[8]
- Writing system: cuneiform[9]
- Commons category: Akkadian language[10]
- Start time: 2600 BC[11]
- End time: 270 BC[12]
- Topic's main category: Category:Akkadian language[13]
- Number of speakers, writers, or signers: 0[14]
- Described by source: Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[15]
- Topic has template: Q104413788[16]
- Native label: lišānum akkadītum[17], 𒀝 𒅗 𒁺 𒌑[18]
- Short name: akkadca[19], аккадӣ[20]
- Exact match: http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/AKK[21]
- Linguistic typology: subject–object–verb[22], fusional language[23]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[24]
Why It Matters
Akkadian has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25] Akkadian is known by 118 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]