Sumerian language
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Sumerian eme-ĝir, eme-gi Spoken in Sumer and Akkad Region Iraq (Mesopotamia) Extinct Effectively extinct from about 1800 BC; used as classical language until about 100 AD. Language family Language codes ISO 639-2 [[ISO639-3:sux[2]|sux[2]]] ISO 639-3 sux 
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Sumerian language — Introduction language isolate and the oldest written language in existence. First attested about 3100 BC in southern Mesopotamia (Mesopotamia, history of), it flourished during the 3rd millennium BC. About 2000 BC, Sumerian was replaced as… … Universalium
Sumerian literature — is the oldest literature in the world.The Sumerians invented the first writing system, beginning with cuneiform logograms, which evolved into a syllabary writing system.The Sumerian language remained in official and literary use in the Akkadian… … Wikipedia
Sumerian — may refer to: *Sumerian people *Sumerian language *Sumerian script *Sumerian civilization, including **Sumerian history **Sumerian architecture **Sumerian mythology … Wikipedia
Sumerian creation myth — The earliest record of the Sumerian creation myth and flood myth is found on a single fragmentary tablet excavated in Nippur, sometimes called the Eridu Genesis. It is written in the Sumerian language and datable by its script to 2150 BC,[1]… … Wikipedia
Sumerian King List — The Sumerian king list is an ancient text in the Sumerian language that lists kings of Sumer from Sumerian and foreign dynasties. It records the location of official kingship, along with the rulers and the lengths of their rule. Kingship was… … Wikipedia
Sumerian — noun Date: 1878 1. a native of Sumer 2. the language of the Sumerians that has no known linguistic affinities • Sumerian adjective … New Collegiate Dictionary
Sumerian — /sooh mear ee euhn, mer /, adj. 1. of or pertaining to Sumer, its people, or their language. n. 2. a native or inhabitant of Sumer. 3. a language of unknown affinities that was the language of the Sumerians and had, in the late 4th and 3rd… … Universalium
Eblaite language — archaic Semitic language, probably the most ancient to survive in substantial form, dating from the third quarter of the 3rd millennium BC. As a Northern Central Semitic language, Eblaite (Ebla) is affiliated with the Afro Asiatic (formerly … Universalium
Elamite language — language name=Elamite familycolor=Isolate states=Elamite Empire (extinct) region=Middle East extinct=by the end of the 4th century BCE family=possible language isolate, but see Elamo Dravidian languages iso2=elx|iso3=elxElamite is an extinct… … Wikipedia
Akkadian language — or Assyro Babylonian language Semitic language spoken in Mesopotamia in the 3rd–1st millennia BC. It is known from a great many inscriptions, seals, and clay tablets in cuneiform writing. Akkadian supplanted Sumerian as the major spoken language… … Universalium
