A good article about the semitic languages http//phoenicia.org/semlang.html Peace Peace Seriously though, Arabic is much older than Akkadian. This does not mean that the oldest Semitic writings that can be found are in Arabic. In fact, measured from earliest extant writings, Arabic looks relatively young (it is in fact formed in the late 3rd /early 4th Century CE in cursive Musnad from South Arabian Musnad). What it means that Arabic is older than these other relatives is that , ( kalb, (9) may, (10) 'amlak, (11) dam, (12) 'amat, (13) Hadiith, (14) senn, (15) samaay, (16) kookab, (17) qast, (1 aqrab ENGLISH (1) brother, (2) name, (3) head, (4) eye, (5) tongue, (6) soul, (7) earth, ( dog, (9) water, (10) king, (11) blood, (12) bondwoman, (13) new, (14) tooth, (15) sky, (16) star, (17) bow, (1 scorpion You can find these @ http//sasha.inet.ru/ru/akkadian/gramm/lexicon.html Following a few simple rules of equivalence (i.e., identical consonants and long vowels count for one point, identical short vowels count for half, single<>double consonants count for half, m<>n counts for half, sh<>s counts for half, w<>u counts for one quarter, o<>u counts for one quarter, i<>e counts for one quarter, ii = y, and uu = w), we have the following computed average strengths of relationship, based on this random sample Akkadian to Arabic 67% Akkadian to Aramaic 55% Akkadian to Hebrew 52% Akkadian to Ethiopic 48% Further, if Akkadian which was spoken by the Assyrian and Babylonian and later on convert to the so called Aramaic which in turn was adopted by the Persian in the 7th Century BCE as agreed by western apologist but in actual fact what it came to be known as the ancient Iranian languages that were widely spoken over an extensive region until the downfall of the Achaemenian Empire in 330 BC, is the Elamite language. The Elamite Cuneiform script was used from about 2500 BC to 331 AD and WAS ADAPTED FROM AKKADIAN CUNEIFORM. Can you see the contradiction? AND ALSO why was Nabatean used in the Levant and NOT Aramaic in the 3rc Century CE, as I have pointed out earlier. http//www.ummeljimal.org/gal/inscriptions/fixed/i1_f2.jpg And Greek translation http//www.ummeljimal.org/gal/inscriptions/fixed/i1_f8.jpg Let me show you the lies, below shows bilingual Greek and Aramaic... http//i1-news.softpedia-static.com/images/news2/Modern-Technology-Helps-Decipher-Ancient-Aramaic-Tablets-2.jpg The Greek inscription is actually modern Greek. Ancient Greek writings are not cursive, compare the the writtings with Umme Jimal above. Peace