Canaano-Akkadian orAmarna Canaanite is an ancientSemitic language which was the written language of theAmarna letters fromCanaan,Alashiya andAmurru.^[1][2][3] It is amixed language with mainlyAkkadian vocabulary andCanaanite grammatical features. It has been variously described as a Canaanite dialect of Akkadian, Canaanite coded inSumero-Akkadian cuneiform and a purelyscribal language.^[4]

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-Akkadianedin, for Akkadianidin, "give!".
• elision of vowels between the root radicalsr andb, seen in CAtîrbu 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 CAištimûš+šu for Akk.ištemun+šu, "I have heard it"; and CAnûbbalûš+šu for Akk.nubbalun+šu, "we must bring him".

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• Mandell, Alice Helene (2015).Scribalism and Diplomacy at the Crossroads of Cuneiform Culture: The Sociolinguistics of Canaano-Akkadian(PDF) (PhD thesis). University of California Los Angeles.

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