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| − | '''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-[[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. | + | '''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. |
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Revision as of 23:32, February 4, 2009
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-gendered substantives. It also has a tendency to employ left dislocations, in much the same way that some American Indian languages do.