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Canaano-Akkadian Language

Canaano-Akkadian, or Amarna Canaanite, is an ancient Semitic language used in the Amarna letters from regions like Canaan and Alashiya, characterized by a mix of Akkadian vocabulary and Canaanite grammar. It features unique linguistic traits such as the conjugation of Akkadian verbs with Canaanite affixes and alterations in vowel sounds. The language is written in Sumero-Akkadian cuneiform and is considered a hybridization of Canaanite and Akkadian elements.

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Canaano-Akkadian Language

Canaano-Akkadian, or Amarna Canaanite, is an ancient Semitic language used in the Amarna letters from regions like Canaan and Alashiya, characterized by a mix of Akkadian vocabulary and Canaanite grammar. It features unique linguistic traits such as the conjugation of Akkadian verbs with Canaanite affixes and alterations in vowel sounds. The language is written in Sumero-Akkadian cuneiform and is considered a hybridization of Canaanite and Akkadian elements.

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Canaano-

Akkadian
language

Canaano-Akkadian or Amarna Canaanite is an ancient


Semitic language which was the written language of the
Amarna letters from Canaan, Alashiya and Amurru.[1][2][3]
It is a mixed language with mainly Akkadian vocabulary
and Canaanite grammatical features. It has been
variously described as a Canaanite dialect of Akkadian,
Canaanite coded in Sumero-Akkadian cuneiform and a
purely scribal language.[4]
:
Canaano-Akkadian
Region Canaan

Language Afro-Asiatic
family Semitic
Canaano-
Akkadian
Writing system Sumero-
Akkadian
cuneiform
Language codes

ISO 639-3 –

Linguistic features
:
Canaano-Akkadian combined the Akkadian lexicon with
Canaanite grammar, which influenced the syntax and
morphology of the language. As such, the hybridization
manifested in numerous ways, including:[1]

Akkadian verbs were


conjugated using Canaanite
verb affixes, using the Akkadian
term's 3MS form as the base.
a change i > e, seen in
Canaano-Akkadian edin, for
Akkadian idin, "give!".
elision of vowels between the
root radicals r and b, seen in CA
tîrbu for Akk. têrubu, "you
:
enter".
a change -Vn > -CV in words
which end with the energic
marker -(n)na followed by a
suffix or enclitic participle, seen
in CA ištimûš+šu for Akk.
ištemun+šu, "I have heard it";
and CA nûbbalûš+šu for Akk.
nubbalun+šu, "we must bring
him".

See also

Kanbun
:
Sadhu bhasha

References

1. Izre'el, Sh. "Canaano-


Akkadian: Some
Methodological Requisites
for the Study of the Amarna
Letters from Canaan" (htt
p://www.tau.ac.il/~izreel/pu
blications/CanAkkMethReq
uisites_2007.pdf) (PDF).
2. Izre'el, Sh. (1998).
Canaano-Akkadian. Lincom
:
Europa.
3. Mandell 2015, p. 26
4. Mandell 2015, p. 24

Bibliography

Mandell, Alice Helene (2015).


Scribalism and Diplomacy at
the Crossroads of Cuneiform
Culture: The Sociolinguistics of
Canaano-Akkadian (https://esc
holarship.org/content/qt7549s
617/qt7549s617_noSplash_f6
1292ffa0940c6aea15d12db30
:
d3ccf.pdf) (PDF) (PhD thesis).
University of California Los
Angeles.

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