Sumerian language

E194331

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.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Sumerian 85
Sumerian language canonical 36

How this entity was disambiguated

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 language ⓘ
linked to: Akkadian
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 languages ⓘ
Semitic languages ⓘ
periodOfUse 3rd millennium BCE ⓘ
4th millennium BCE ⓘ
early 2nd millennium BCE ⓘ
preservedIn Mesopotamian scribal schools ⓘ
primaryCenters Lagash ⓘ
Nippur ⓘ
Sumer ⓘ
Ur ⓘ
Uruk ⓘ
region southern Mesopotamia ⓘ
linked to: Lower 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 (Sumerian versions) ⓘ
linked to: Epic of Gilgamesh

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

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (121)

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 ⓘ
linked to: Sumerian language
Ur → languageUsed → Sumerian ⓘ
linked to: Sumerian language
Hittite archives → language → Sumerian language ⓘ
Kuyunjik → languageOfInscriptions → Sumerian ⓘ
linked to: Sumerian language
Ashurbanipal → languageOfTexts → Sumerian ⓘ
linked to: Sumerian language
Early Dynastic period → mainLanguage → Sumerian ⓘ
linked to: Sumerian language
Ur III period → languageUsed → Sumerian ⓘ
linked to: Sumerian language
Nuska → languageOfName → Sumerian ⓘ
linked to: Sumerian language
Niffer → languageOfAncientInscriptions → Sumerian ⓘ
linked to: Sumerian language
Umma → languageUsed → Sumerian ⓘ
linked to: Sumerian language
Sumerian religion → languageOfRitual → Sumerian ⓘ
linked to: Sumerian language
Gilgamesh → languageOfSources → Sumerian ⓘ
linked to: Sumerian language
Ur-Nammu → languageOfLawCode → Sumerian ⓘ
linked to: Sumerian language
Gudea → language → Sumerian ⓘ
linked to: Sumerian language
Ur III dynasty → languageUsed → Sumerian ⓘ
linked to: Sumerian language
Eannatum → language → Sumerian language ⓘ
Inanna's Descent to the Underworld → language → Sumerian language ⓘ
Larsa → hasLanguage → Sumerian ⓘ
linked to: Sumerian language
Der → hasLanguage → Sumerian ⓘ
linked to: Sumerian language
Ki → languageOfName → Sumerian ⓘ
linked to: Sumerian language
Antu → languageAttestedIn → Sumerian ⓘ
linked to: Sumerian language
Namtar → languageOfName → Sumerian ⓘ
linked to: Sumerian language
Anunnaki → languageOfAttestation → Sumerian ⓘ
linked to: Sumerian language
Sud → languageOfSources → Sumerian ⓘ
linked to: Sumerian language
Sud → hasNameOrigin → Sumerian language ⓘ
Enlil and Ninlil → language → Sumerian language ⓘ
Enkidu → languageOfSources → Sumerian ⓘ
linked to: Sumerian language
Assyriology → studies → Sumerian language ⓘ
Warka → languageUsedHistorically → Sumerian ⓘ
linked to: Sumerian language
Mesopotamian cuneiform → usedForLanguage → Sumerian ⓘ
linked to: Sumerian language
Akkadian Empire → language → Sumerian language ⓘ
Amar-Sin → language → Sumerian ⓘ
linked to: Sumerian language
Shulgi of Ur → language → Sumerian language ⓘ
Aya → languageAttestedIn → Sumerian ⓘ
linked to: Sumerian language
Museum of the Ancient Near East → hasLanguageOfInscriptions → Sumerian ⓘ
linked to: Sumerian language
Magan → languageAttestedIn → Sumerian ⓘ
linked to: Sumerian language
Kutha → languageUsed → Sumerian ⓘ
linked to: Sumerian language
East Semitic → influencedBy → Sumerian language ⓘ
East Semitic → typologicalContact → Sumerian ⓘ
linked to: Sumerian language
Suen → languageOfName → Sumerian ⓘ
linked to: Sumerian language
E-gishnugal → languageOfName → Sumerian ⓘ
linked to: Sumerian language
E-hulhul → hasLanguageContext → Sumerian ⓘ
linked to: Sumerian language
Dumuzi’s Dream → language → Sumerian language ⓘ
Kur → languageOfOrigin → Sumerian ⓘ
linked to: Sumerian language
Irkalla → languageAttestedIn → Sumerian ⓘ
linked to: Sumerian language