Sumerian

Summary

Sumerian is a dead language^[1]. Sumerian ranks in the top 2% of dead_language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,925 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Sumerian is in the country of Sumer^[3].
• Sumerian is in the country of Akkadian Empire^[4].
• Sumerian's instance of is recorded as dead language^[5].
• Sumerian's instance of is recorded as ancient language^[6].
• Sumerian is a type of human language^[7].
• Sumerian's writing system is recorded as cuneiform^[8].
• Sumerian's Commons category is recorded as Sumerian language^[9].
• Sumerian's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Sumerian language^[10].
• Sumerian's number of speakers, writers, or signers is recorded as {'amount': '+0'}^[11].
• Sumerian's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia^[12].
• Sumerian's topic has template is recorded as Q104413837^[13].
• Sumerian's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'sux', 'text': '𒅴𒂠'}^[14].
• Sumerian's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'az', 'text': 'şumercə'}^[15].
• Sumerian's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'tg', 'text': 'шумерӣ'}^[16].
• Sumerian's indigenous to is recorded as Sumer^[17].
• Sumerian's exact match is recorded as http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/SUX^[18].
• Sumerian's has grammatical case is recorded as equative case^[19].
• Sumerian's linguistic typology is recorded as subject–object–verb^[20].
• Sumerian's linguistic typology is recorded as agglutinative language^[21].
• Sumerian's linguistic typology is recorded as language isolate^[22].
• Sumerian's linguistic typology is recorded as ergative–absolutive language^[23].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include dead language^[5] and ancient language^[6]. Sumerian is a type of human language^[7].

Why It Matters

Sumerian ranks in the top 2% of dead_language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,925 views/month).^[2] Sumerian has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[24] Sumerian is known by 28 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[25]