Canaano-Akkadian language

Canaano-Akkadian
RegionCanaan
Afro-Asiatic
Sumero-Akkadian cuneiform
Language codes
ISO 639-3

Canaano-Akkadian or Amarna Canaanite is an ancient Semitic language which was the written language of the Amarna letters from Canaan, Alashiya and Amurru. It is a mixed language with mainly Akkadian vocabulary and Canaanite grammatical features. It has been variously described as a Canaanite dialect of Akkadian, Canaanite coded in Sumero-Akkadian cuneiform and a purely scribal language.