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Line 1: − '''Sumerian''' is a term used to describe a person or object from ancient [[Sumer]]; an area in and surrounding the deltas of the [[Tigris]] and [[Euphrates]] Rivers unified during the middle of the 3rd millennium BC. Sumerian was written in [[cuneiform]] on tablets of dried mud and [[manure]]. The organic material in the manure has proved a boon, as it allows us to [[carbon date]] Sumerian cuneiform tablets. Sumerian is known for its unique syntactic features, which include an object-object-verb-subject word order and the use of the morpheme ''p'' before inanimate nouns and non-[[grammar|gender]]ed [[substantive]]s. It also has a tendency to employ left dislocations, in much the same way that some [[American Indian]] [[language]]s do.+ − − [[category:anthropology]] − − [[Category:Languages]] − [[Category:Middle East]]
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