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10 Language-to-English Dictionariessumérien
Pronunciation / Transliteration: sumerien
"Le sumérien est l'une des plus anciennes langues écrites connues."
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An inhabitant of ancient Sumer or the extinct language isolate spoken by them, which used cuneiform script.
"Scholars continue to study Sumerian literature inscribed on ancient clay tablets."
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Relating to Sumer, its ancient civilization, culture, or its language.
"The museum featured a remarkable collection of Sumerian artifacts and pottery."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the ancient Akkadian term 'Šumerum', denoting the southern region of Babylonia. The name entered modern English usage in the 19th century through archaeological discoveries and decipherment of cuneiform inscriptions relating to the first literate civilization of Mesopotamia.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Sumerian" is said worldwide
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sumérien
Transliteration: sumerien
"Le sumérien est l'une des plus anciennes langues écrites connues."
Sumerisch
Transliteration: sumerisch
"Die sumerische Keilschrift fasziniert Historiker weltweit."
sumero
Transliteration: sumero
"La civiltà sumera è nata in Mesopotamia."
sumerio
Transliteration: sumerio
"El sumerio es considerado una lengua aislada."
sumério
Transliteration: sumerio
"Os textos em sumério foram gravados em tabuletas de argila."
सुमेरियन
Transliteration: sumeriyan
"सुमेरियन सभ्यता इतिहास की सबसे पुरानी सभ्यताओं में से एक है।"
苏美尔语
Transliteration: Sūměi'ěryǔ
"苏美尔人发明了楔形文字。"
수메르어
Transliteration: sumereu-eo
"수메르어는 인류 역사상 가장 오래된 기록된 언어 중 하나이다."
シュメール語
Transliteration: shumēru-go
"シュメール人は世界最古の文字を発明しました。"
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