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(1) Term used until 1869 for the language now known as Sumerian. (2) Term used since 1869 for the East Semitic language that is also known by its northern and ...

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Akkadian
in International Encyclopedia of Linguistics (2) Length: 1862 words
Akkadian
in The Oxford Classical Dictionary (3 rev) Length: 120 words

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