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BANIPAL: A simplified English-Assyrian Dictionary

Writer Awia Oraha
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The name of the dictionary was taken from the name of the first library in the Assyrian history. This is what author Awia Oraha Khnanya from Melbourne said, adding that he found students struggle to find Assyrian vocabulary to help them in writing. So, the English-Assyrian dictionary was developed for students who have passed the beginners stage. Khnanya hopes that our linguists will set Basis for overcoming many language problems.


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The name of the dictionary was taken from the name of the first library in the Assyrian history. This is what author Awia Oraha Khnanya from Melbourne said, adding that he found students struggle to find Assyrian vocabulary to help them in writing. So, the English-Assyrian dictionary was developed for students who have passed the beginners stage. Khnanya hopes that our linguists will set Basis for overcoming many language problems.



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