Sumerian language
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| + | '''Sumerian''' was the language of ancient [[Sumer]], spoken in southern [[Mesopotamia]] (modern [[Iraq]]) since at least the 4th millennium [[Common Era|BCE]]. During the [[3rd millennium BC|third millennium BCE]], there developed a very intimate cultural symbiosis between the Sumerians and the [[Akkad]]ians, which included widespread [[wikt:bilingualism|bilingualism]]. The influence of Sumerian on [[Akkadian language|Akkadian]] (and vice versa) is evident in all areas, from lexical borrowing on a massive scale, to syntactic, morphological, and phonological convergence. | ||
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Sumerian was the language of ancient Sumer, spoken in southern Mesopotamia (modern Iraq) since at least the 4th millennium BCE. During the third millennium BCE, there developed a very intimate cultural symbiosis between the Sumerians and the Akkadians, which included widespread bilingualism. The influence of Sumerian on Akkadian (and vice versa) is evident in all areas, from lexical borrowing on a massive scale, to syntactic, morphological, and phonological convergence.
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