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    Sumerian (Sumerian: 𒅴𒂠, romanized: Emeg̃ir, lit. ''native tongue'') is the language of ancient Sumer. It is one of the oldest attested languages, dating...
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  • Look up Sumerian in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Sumerian or Sumerians may refer to: Sumer, an ancient civilization Sumerian language Sumerian art Sumerian...
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    + "noble''), and their language "Emegir" (Sumerian: 𒅴𒂠, romanized: eme-g̃ir or 𒅴𒄀 eme-gi15). The origin of the Sumerians is not known, but the people...
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    the Sumerian civilization and largely preserved by the later Akkadian and Babylonian empires. These records were written in the Sumerian language in the...
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    The Sumerian disputation or Sumerian debate is a topical short story created in the middle-to-late 3rd millennium BC. Seven major debates are known, with...
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    The Sumerian King List (abbreviated SKL) or Chronicle of the One Monarchy is an ancient literary composition written in Sumerian that was likely created...
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    Cuneiform (redirect from Sumerian cuneiform)
    the Sumerian language of southern Mesopotamia (modern Iraq). Over the course of its history, cuneiform was adapted to write a number of languages in addition...
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    by the non-Semitic Sumerian language and adopted cuneiform writing. East Semitic languages stand apart from other Semitic languages, which are traditionally...
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  • been identified: Elamite Hattic Kassite Lullubi Sumerian language Some well known constructed languages are agglutinative, such as Black Speech, Esperanto...
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    between Sumerian and Akkadian had led scholars to describe the languages as a Sprachbund. Akkadian proper names are first attested in Sumerian texts in...
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