Sumerian
pronunciation
How to pronounce Sumerian in British English:
UK [sʊˈmɪərɪən]
How to pronounce Sumerian in American English:
US [səˈmeriən]
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- Noun:
- a member of a people who inhabited ancient Sumer
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- Adjective:
- of or relating to ancient Sumer or its inhabitants
Word Origin
- Sumerian (adj.)
- 1874, from French Sumérien (1872), "pertaining to Sumer," name of a district in ancient Babylonia, once the seat of a great civilization. As the name of a language from 1887. Related: Sumeria.
Example
- 1. Sumerian documents lend credence to this idea .
- 2. Its use was described on sumerian clay tablets from nearly four thousand years ago .
- 3. Above all , why should the sumerian system have not merely endured but become an almost universal conqueror ?
- 4. Sumerian is a linguistic isolate , but the script has been phonetically deciphered , and the language partly deciphered .
- 5. Temporary writing-tracking sumerian accounts payable or inviting a friend to a birthday party in pompeii-was done in clay or wax tablets that could be wiped clean and reused .