Elamite

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Elamite language ancient language language

Elamite is an ancient language of southwestern Iran, historically used in the kingdom of Elam and later as an administrative language under the Achaemenid Empire.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Elamite language 2
Elamite civilization 1
Elamite cuneiform 1

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Elamite language ⓘ
ancient language ⓘ
language ⓘ
approximateEndTime 1st millennium BCE ⓘ
approximateStartTime 3rd millennium BCE ⓘ
attestedIn Persepolis inscriptions ⓘ
surface form: Persepolis Fortification tablets

Persepolis Treasury tablets ⓘ
administrative tablets ⓘ
royal inscriptions ⓘ
countryModernEquivalent Iran ⓘ
era Bronze Age ⓘ
Iron Age ⓘ
geneticRelation no widely accepted relation to other language families ⓘ
hasWritingPhase Middle Elamite period ⓘ
surface form: Middle Elamite

Neo-Elamite period ⓘ
surface form: Neo-Elamite

Old Elamite period ⓘ
surface form: Old Elamite
ISO639-3 elx ⓘ
languageFamily language isolate ⓘ
linguisticClassification one of the primary ancient languages of the Iranian Plateau ⓘ
morphologicalType agglutinative ⓘ
notableInscriptionSite Persepolis ⓘ
Susa ⓘ
officialStatus one of the official languages of the Achaemenid Empire ⓘ
phonologicalType consonant-vowel syllable structure dominant ⓘ
region Elam ⓘ
southwestern Iran ⓘ
role administrative language ⓘ
scriptOrigin adapted from Mesopotamian cuneiform ⓘ
scriptType cuneiform script ⓘ
logo-syllabic script ⓘ
status extinct ⓘ
usedAlongside Akkadian ⓘ
Aramaic ⓘ
Old Persian ⓘ
usedBy Elam ⓘ
surface form: Elamites
usedFor economic records ⓘ
legal documents ⓘ
royal correspondence ⓘ
usedIn Achaemenid Empire ⓘ
Elam ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of Elam
wordOrder subject–object–verb ⓘ
writingDirection left-to-right ⓘ
writingSystem Elamite cuneiform ⓘ
Linear Elamite ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

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

this entity surface form: Elamites
this entity surface form: Elamite civilization
Anshan → hasWritingSystem → Elamite ⓘ
this entity surface form: Elamite cuneiform
Akkadian → influenced → Elamite ⓘ
this entity surface form: Elamite language
Anshan → languageUsed → Elamite ⓘ
this entity surface form: Elamite language