Ancient Semitic III: Семитские языки. Восточно семитские

In the third video of my new series I would like to give my viewers a short overview of the East Semitic branch of the Semitic language family. The main focus of this video is on reading and pronouncing Akkadian. This is illustrated by sample texts from Old Babylonian and Middle Assyrian. Contents: 00:02:19 Overview of East Semitic 00:18:07 Overview of Cuneiform Writing 00:24:27 Cuneiform Examples from Old Babylonian 00:30:41 Old Babylonian Pronunciation Guide 00:43:53 Old Babylonian Sample Text (Explained Line by Line) 01:01:46 Middle Assyrian Sample Text Here is the translation of the final text (the Middle Assyrian sample text): Speak to Šalipiyu; thus says Uṣurnamkūršarre: Adadnērārī the chariot maker approached me (saying): He Šalipiyu) took with him one sheass of a donkey together with three donkeys, her She is a Sutean sheass and not taxed. (Šalipiyu said:) The sheass is