Language

Akkadian

Akkadian is a language in the Afro-Asiatic family spoken in Iraq.

No known Scripture

Scripture in Akkadian

Our sources record no known Scripture in Akkadian.

From the Every Language research atlas and its sources. “No known Scripture” means none is recorded in those sources, not that none exists.

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Where Akkadian is spoken

  • Iraq

See Akkadian on the language map

About Akkadian

Language family
Afro-Asiatic
ISO 639-3 code
akk
Glottocode
akka1240

Dialects and varieties 11

Each variety shows Scripture recorded for that exact variety; it may differ from Akkadian as a whole.

  • AssyrianNo known Scripture
  • Diyala-BabylonianNo known Scripture
  • Early BabylonianNo known Scripture
  • Late BabylonianNo known Scripture
  • Middle AssyrianNo known Scripture
  • Middle BabylonianNo known Scripture
  • Neo-AssyrianNo known Scripture
  • Neo-BabylonianNo known Scripture
  • Old AkkadianNo known Scripture
  • Old AssyrianNo known Scripture
  • Old BabylonianNo known Scripture

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Sources

  • DIALECTS source registryDIALECTS research collection · Each original source retains its own terms
  • GlottologHammarström, Forkel, Haspelmath & Bank, Glottolog 5.3 · CC BY 4.0
  • Every Language mapEvery Language and its attributed source providers · Owner-authorized publication; upstream terms retained

Atlas data as of 2026-09-05. Joshua Project data is used with permission for noncommercial ministry research and education. Glottolog data: CC BY 4.0.