Original: Akkadian (liÅ Ä num akkadÄ "tum, ð 'ð' ð 'ak. kADÃ") (also Accadian, Assyro-Babylonian) is an extinct Semitic language (part of the greater Afroasiatic language family) that was spoken in ancient Mesopotamia.
Simplified: Akkadian (liÅ Ä num akkadÄ "tum) or Assyro-Babylonian was a Semitic language (part of the Afro-Asiatic language family) that was spoken in ancient Iraq.