This is a proposed alphabet that is meant to be used for writing of Akkadian. It is now in a very early stage of development, so some changes may occur to it in the future as the creator see fit. For any questions please use the email link below.
Akkadū/𒀝𒂵𒌈
The Akkadian Latin alphabet
Devised by: Michael Fustumum (michaelpeterfustumum(at)gmail.com)
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Latin letter |
IPA |
1 |
A a |
[a] |
Ā ā | [aː] | |
2 |
B b |
[b] |
3 |
D d |
[d] |
4 |
E e |
[e] |
Ē ē | [eː] | |
5 |
G g |
[g] |
6 |
H h |
[x] |
7 |
I i |
[i] |
|
Ī ī | [iː] |
8 |
K k |
[k] |
9 |
L l |
[l] |
10 |
M m |
[m] |
11 |
N n |
[n] |
12 |
Ɂ ʔ |
[ʔ] |
13 |
P p |
[p] |
14 |
Q q | [q] |
15 |
R r |
[r] |
16 |
S s |
[s] |
17 | � � | [ʃ] |
18 | Ṣ ṣ | [sˤ] |
19 |
T t |
[t] |
20 |
Ṭ ṭ | [tˤ] |
21 |
U u |
[u] |
Ū ū | [uː] | |
22 |
W w |
[w] |
23 | Y y | [j] |
There would not be letters c, f, j, o, v, x, z, which would be replaced by k/s, p, g, u, b, ks, s. |
Text example
7th section of the Hammurabi
law code
�umma awīl-um lū kasp-am lū hurāṣ-am lū ward-am lū amt-am lū alp-am lū immer-am lū imēr-am ū lū mimma �um�u ina qāt mār awīl-im ū lū warad awīl-im balum �īb-ī u riks-ātim i-�tām-� ū lū ana maṣṣārūt-im i-mhur awīl-um �ū �arrāq i-ddāk.