Difference between revisions of "Sumerian"
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(Sumerian has no sister languages, and it not related to Basque or Georgian; it is a language isolate; is not written in hieroglyphs.) |
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| − | Sumerian is a term used to describe a person or object from the ancient kingdom of Sumeria. | + | Sumerian is a term used to describe a person or object from the ancient kingdom of Sumeria. Sumerian was written in cuneiform. 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-gendered substantives. It also has a tendency to employ left dislocations, in much the same way that some American Indian languages do. |
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Revision as of 03:10, March 22, 2007
Sumerian is a term used to describe a person or object from the ancient kingdom of Sumeria. Sumerian was written in cuneiform. 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-gendered substantives. It also has a tendency to employ left dislocations, in much the same way that some American Indian languages do.