Sumerian language

GPTKB entity

Statements (54)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:language
gptkbp:cultural_significance foundation of writing systems
gptkbp:descendant gptkb:none
gptkbp:family language isolate
gptkbp:formulation agglutinative
gptkbp:gender gptkb:none
gptkbp:has_language loanwords from Semitic languages
gptkbp:historical_period Early Dynastic Period
Sumerian Renaissance
Uruk Period
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Sumerian language
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Hittite_language
gptkb:Ugaritic_language
Elamite language
Hurrian language
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:Akkadian
gptkbp:is_documented_in 3100 BC
gptkbp:language isolated language
sux
gptkbp:language_revitalization gptkb:none
gptkbp:language_support extinct
gptkbp:notable_interpreters gptkb:N._K._Sandars
gptkb:Igor_M._Diakonoff
gptkb:A._R._George
gptkb:C._B._F._Walker
gptkb:D._O._Edzard
gptkb:J._A._Black
gptkb:Jean_Bottéro
gptkb:M._J._Geller
gptkb:Samuel_Noah_Kramer
T. J. Meek
gptkbp:notable_works gptkb:Epic_of_Gilgamesh
gptkb:Enmerkar_and_the_Lord_of_Aratta
gptkb:Lamentation_over_the_destruction_of_Sumer_and_Ur
Instructions of Shuruppak
The Debate between Sheep and Grain
gptkbp:order SOV
gptkbp:polyphony vowel harmony
gptkbp:replaced_by gptkb:Akkadian
gptkbp:scholarships gptkb:archaeologists
ancient history
linguistics
epigraphy
cuneiform studies
gptkbp:script cuneiform
gptkbp:spoken_in gptkb:ancient_Mesopotamia
gptkbp:used_in gptkb:education
gptkb:administration
gptkb:religion
gptkb:literature
gptkbp:wildlife 1st millennium BC
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Umma
gptkb:Sumerian
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5