Assyrian (endonym: ܣܥܪܝܛ, romanized: Sorith) is a dead Semitic language spoken in northern Mesopotamia. It developed from Akkadian after 1950 BCE and was considered a dialect of it.
Assyrian was used in the Assyrian empire. It was written with the cuneiform writing system, on clay tablets, and was in use until about 750 B.C, when Aramaic supplanted the Ancient Assyrian.