Since these languages are of ancient Mesopotamia, they are in one list, though Sumerian, unlike Akkadian/Babylonian is not a Semitic language.
For the learning of the ancient language Akkadian, Babylonian and/or Sumerian .
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Akkadian was the primary language of ancient Mesopotamia, which is now Iraq. It was spoken from the third millennium BCE until the first century CE. Akkadian is an extinct Semitic language that was written in cuneiform script on clay tablets, stone, and metal.
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Named after the city of Akkad in northern Babylonia, Akkadian was the most important language spoken and written in the ancient Near East between the third and first millennia BCE. Akkadian belongs to the Semitic language family and is related to Arabic and Hebrew.
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From about the 25th century BC, texts fully written in Akkadian begin to appear. By the 20th century BC, two variant dialectic forms of the same language were in use in Assyria and Babylonia, known as Assyrian and Babylonian respectively.
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Sumerian (Sumerian: 𒅴𒂠, romanized: eme-gir15[a], lit. ''native language'') was the language of ancient Sumer. It is one of the oldest attested languages, dating back to at least 2900 BC. It is a local language isolate that was spoken in ancient Mesopotamia, in the area that is modern-day Iraq.
Akkadian, a Semitic language, gradually replaced Sumerian as the primary spoken language in the area c. 2000 BC (the exact date is debated), but Sumerian continued to be used as a sacred, ceremonial, literary, and scientific language in Akkadian-speaking Mesopotamian states such as Assyria and Babylonia until the 1st century AD.
For the learning of the ancient language Akkadian, Babylonian and/or Sumerian .
Grammar
Dictionary
Textbooks
etc.
Akkadian was the primary language of ancient Mesopotamia, which is now Iraq. It was spoken from the third millennium BCE until the first century CE. Akkadian is an extinct Semitic language that was written in cuneiform script on clay tablets, stone, and metal.
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Named after the city of Akkad in northern Babylonia, Akkadian was the most important language spoken and written in the ancient Near East between the third and first millennia BCE. Akkadian belongs to the Semitic language family and is related to Arabic and Hebrew.
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From about the 25th century BC, texts fully written in Akkadian begin to appear. By the 20th century BC, two variant dialectic forms of the same language were in use in Assyria and Babylonia, known as Assyrian and Babylonian respectively.
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Sumerian (Sumerian: 𒅴𒂠, romanized: eme-gir15[a], lit. ''native language'') was the language of ancient Sumer. It is one of the oldest attested languages, dating back to at least 2900 BC. It is a local language isolate that was spoken in ancient Mesopotamia, in the area that is modern-day Iraq.
Akkadian, a Semitic language, gradually replaced Sumerian as the primary spoken language in the area c. 2000 BC (the exact date is debated), but Sumerian continued to be used as a sacred, ceremonial, literary, and scientific language in Akkadian-speaking Mesopotamian states such as Assyria and Babylonia until the 1st century AD.
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