#semitic language

• Akkadian — Relating to Akkad (an ancient region in central Mesopotamia), its inhabitants, or their Semitic language and culture; (a person) who belonged to the population of this ancient state founded by Sargon the Great in the 24th century BC. As a neuter noun, it designates the Akkadian language, the oldest documentarily attested Semitic language, written in cuneiform characters borrowed and adapted from the Sumerians, utilized as a diplomatic lingua franca throughout the ancient Near East.
• Akkadian — An alternative orthographic variant for 'akadian'; relating to Akkad (an ancient region in central Mesopotamia), its inhabitants, or their Semitic language and culture; (a person) who belonged to the population of this ancient state founded by Sargon the Great in the 24th century BC. As a neuter noun, it designates the Akkadian language, the oldest documentarily attested Semitic language, written in cuneiform characters borrowed and adapted from the Sumerians, utilized as a diplomatic lingua franca throughout the ancient Near East.
• Assyrian — A person belonging to the core population of ancient Assyria or a modern descendant thereof; a member of a Semitic Christian ethnic group native to Mesopotamia. As a structural adjective, the term describes the language (a dialect of ancient Akkadian or modern Neo-Aramaic), culture, art, religion, cuneiform script, or the famous Mesopotamian empire.
• Babylonian — A woman or girl native to ancient Babylon or Babylonia; (as an adjective) feminine form of babilonian, pertaining to the ancient Mesopotamian civilization, culture, laws, or architecture; (as a linguistic noun) the Semitic Akkadian language or dialect spoken in southern Mesopotamia during Antiquity.