Sumerian language

E194331
ancient language language language isolate

The Sumerian language is an ancient language isolate of Mesopotamia, known primarily from cuneiform inscriptions and regarded as one of the earliest written languages in human history.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Sumerian 28
Sumerian language canonical 11

Statements (54)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient language ⓘ
language ⓘ
language isolate ⓘ
borrowedBy Akkadian language ⓘ
ceasedAsSpokenLanguage early 2nd millennium BCE ⓘ
earliestAttestedIn late 4th millennium BCE ⓘ
earliestWritingType proto-cuneiform ⓘ
hasFeature SOV basic word order ⓘ
agglutinative morphology ⓘ
animate–inanimate distinction ⓘ
complex verbal morphology ⓘ
ergative alignment ⓘ
extensive use of suffixes ⓘ
no grammatical gender ⓘ
noun incorporation ⓘ
influenced Akkadian ⓘ
surface form: Akkadian language
ISO639-2 sux ⓘ
ISO639-3 sux ⓘ
knownFrom cuneiform inscriptions ⓘ
economic texts ⓘ
grammatical texts ⓘ
legal documents ⓘ
lexical lists ⓘ
literary compositions ⓘ
royal inscriptions ⓘ
languageFamily language isolate ⓘ
nativeTo Mesopotamia ⓘ
notRelatedTo Indo-European language family ⓘ
surface form: Indo-European languages

Semitic languages ⓘ
periodOfUse 3rd millennium BCE ⓘ
4th millennium BCE ⓘ
early 2nd millennium BCE ⓘ
preservedIn Mesopotamian cuneiform ⓘ
surface form: Mesopotamian scribal schools
primaryCenters Lagash ⓘ
Nippur ⓘ
Sumer ⓘ
Ur ⓘ
Uruk ⓘ
region Lower Mesopotamia ⓘ
surface form: southern Mesopotamia
remainedInUseAs classical written language ⓘ
liturgical language ⓘ
scholarly language ⓘ
scriptOrigin pictographic signs ⓘ
scriptType logophonetic script ⓘ
studiedBy Assyriology ⓘ
usedAs administrative language ⓘ
literary language ⓘ
religious language ⓘ
scholarly language ⓘ
usedIn Epic of Gilgamesh ⓘ
surface form: Epic of Gilgamesh (Sumerian versions)

Sumerian King List ⓘ
writingDirection left-to-right horizontal rows ⓘ
writingMaterial clay tablets ⓘ
writingSystem cuneiform ⓘ

Referenced by (39)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Akkadian → influencedBy → Sumerian language ⓘ
Sumer → language → Sumerian language ⓘ
Nippur → languageEvidence → Sumerian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sumerian
Ur → languageUsed → Sumerian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sumerian
Hittite archives → language → Sumerian language ⓘ
Kuyunjik → languageOfInscriptions → Sumerian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sumerian
Ashurbanipal → languageOfTexts → Sumerian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sumerian
Early Dynastic period → mainLanguage → Sumerian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sumerian
Ur III period → languageUsed → Sumerian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sumerian
Nuska → languageOfName → Sumerian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sumerian
Niffer → languageOfAncientInscriptions → Sumerian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sumerian
Umma → languageUsed → Sumerian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sumerian
Sumerian religion → languageOfRitual → Sumerian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sumerian
Gilgamesh → languageOfSources → Sumerian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sumerian
Ur-Nammu → languageOfLawCode → Sumerian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sumerian
Gudea → language → Sumerian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sumerian
Ur III dynasty → languageUsed → Sumerian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sumerian
Eannatum → language → Sumerian language ⓘ
Inanna's Descent to the Underworld → language → Sumerian language ⓘ
Larsa → hasLanguage → Sumerian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sumerian
Der → hasLanguage → Sumerian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sumerian
Ki → languageOfName → Sumerian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sumerian
Antu → languageAttestedIn → Sumerian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sumerian
Namtar → languageOfName → Sumerian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sumerian
Anunnaki → languageOfAttestation → Sumerian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sumerian
Sud → languageOfSources → Sumerian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sumerian
Sud → hasNameOrigin → Sumerian language ⓘ
Enlil and Ninlil → language → Sumerian language ⓘ
Enkidu → languageOfSources → Sumerian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sumerian
Assyriology → studies → Sumerian language ⓘ
Warka → languageUsedHistorically → Sumerian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sumerian
Mesopotamian cuneiform → usedForLanguage → Sumerian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sumerian
Akkadian Empire → language → Sumerian language ⓘ
Amar-Sin → language → Sumerian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sumerian
Department of Ancient Near Eastern Art of the Metropolitan Museum of Art → languageOfInscriptions → Sumerian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sumerian
Shulgi of Ur → language → Sumerian language ⓘ
Aya → languageAttestedIn → Sumerian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sumerian
Institute of Ancient Near Eastern Studies → hasAcademicDiscipline → Sumerian language ⓘ
Museum of the Ancient Near East → hasLanguageOfInscriptions → Sumerian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sumerian