Tigray Regional State, North Ethiopia is blessed with historical artifacts and legacies. We have been tracing the roots of the Tigrigna Language (ቅኦንቃ ትግርኛ) which is spoken by about 8 million people. There are astounding evidences between Tigrigna, Geez and Akkadia . Akkadia was a city-state in Mesopotamia, The First Empire that gave the world The Hammurabi Laws.
We are posting a video about Akkadian language which is very similar to Geez and Tigrigna.
To facilitate watching the video we have selected most of the words that are still in Tigrigna Language (ቅኦንቃ ትግርኛ) as follows
Some vocabulary still used in Tigrigna
English Akkadian Tigrigna
I Anaku Anae አነ
You atta (m) atti (f) atta (m) አታ atti (f) አቲ
We nina nihna ንህና
You (pl) attuna (m) attina (f) nsekum (m) ንስኹም , nskn (f) ንስኽን
Who mannu men መን
All Kalu Kulu ኩሉ
Heavy Kabtu Kebid ኸብድ
Small (short) xetru xatsr ሃፅር
Narrow Qatnu Qetin ( Tsebib) ቐጥን (ፀቢብ)
Woman Sinnistu Anst አንስት
Mother Ummu Imama እማማ
Father Abu Abo አቦ
Dog Kalbu Kelbi ከልቢ
Seed Zeru Zerie ዘርኢ
Blood Damu Dem ደም
Horn Qarnu Qerni ቀርኒ
Bone Isemtu Asemti ኣእፅምቲ
Head Resu Risie ርእሲ
Tooth Sinnu Sinni ስኒ
Knee Birku Birki ብርኪ
Neck Kisadu Kisad ክሳድ
Heart Libbu Libi ልቢ
Tongue Lisanu Lisan ልሳን
Ear Iznu Izini እዝኒ
Eye Inu Ayni ዓይኒ
To drink Satu Setyu ስተይ
To breath Naphasu mtinfas ተንፍስ
To laugh Suxxu mshaq ስሃቅ
To hear Semu Semiu ሰሚኡ
To die Matu Mumat ምሞኣት
To cut Naqasu Mnqas ነቕሱ
To sing Zemaru Zemiru ዘሚሩ
Moon Warxu Werxi ወርሒ
Star Kakkabu Kokeb ኮከብ
Water Mu May ማይ
Rain Zunnu Zenam ዝናብ
Earth Ersetu Rsti (Medri) ርስቲ
Stone Abnu Emni እምኒ
Sky Samu Semay ሰማይ
Fire Issatu Esat (Hawi) ሓዊ
Black Salmu Tselim (same pronunciation) ፀሊም
Full Malu Mulu (same pronunciation) ሙልእ
Sharp Selu Sihul ስሑል
Wet ratbu Rihus ርጥባን (ሩሁስ)
Name Sumu Sum ስም
The Akkadian Empire (/əˈkeɪdiən/)[4] was the first ancient empire of Mesopotamia after the long-lived civilization of Sumer. It was centered in the city of Akkad (/ˈækæd/)[5] and its surrounding region. The empire united Akkadian and Sumerian speakers under one rule. The Akkadian Empire exercised influence across Mesopotamia, the Levant, and Anatolia, sending military expeditions as far south as Dilmun and Magan (modern Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, and Oman) in the Arabian Peninsula.[6]
The Akkadian Empire reached its political peak between the 24th and 22nd centuries BC, following the conquests by its founder Sargon of Akkad.[7] Under Sargon and his successors, the Akkadian language was briefly imposed on neighboring conquered states such as Elam and Gutium. Akkad is sometimes regarded as the first empire in history, though the meaning of this term is not precise, and there are earlier Sumerian claimants.[8][9]
After the fall of the Akkadian Empire, the people of Mesopotamia eventually coalesced into two major Akkadian-speaking nations: Assyria in the north, and Babylonia in the south.
