Negation in the Akkadian Language: A Comparative Study with Arabic Language

Abstract

The present study deals with negation in the Akkadian language compared with its counterpart in Arabic. It studies the negation and devices used to negate the nominal and verbal sentences both in Arabic and Akkadian languages. Similarly, the study shows the similarities and differences between both languages as far as negation is concerned in order to show their originality. During the writing of this study, we have benefited from the Akkadian references that were both in Arabic and English as well as the grammatical books of Arabic. This examples cited in the study all are written in both Latin and Arabic words. This is because Arabic belongs to the family of Arabicised languages. Therefore, Arabicisation will explain for the readers the interrelation between the two languages. We have relied on the old Babylonian language that was commonly spoken in the old Babylonian period (2006-1595)B.C. for comparison. This dialect preserved many aspects of the Akkadian grammar.

Keywords

language, letters, clay