Sumerian

From Sumer + -ian.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /s(j)ʊˈmɪəɹiən/, /səˈmɪəɹiən/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /sʊˈmɛɹiən/, /səˈmɛɹiən/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Homophone: Samarian (some accents)
• Rhymes: -ɪəɹiən
• Rhymes: -ɛəɹiən
• Hyphenation: Su‧me‧ri‧an, Su‧mer‧i‧an

Sumerian (not comparable)

1. Of, from or pertaining to Sumer.
   • 1992, Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash, →ISBN, page 371:

     "Could be. Anyway, Sumerian culture—the society based on me—was another manifestation of the metavirus. Expect that in this case, it was in a linguistic form rather than DNA."

2. Of, from or pertaining to lower Babylonia, which was anciently called Šumer in Akkadian.

Sumerian (plural Sumerians)

1. A person of Sumer.
2. A native of lower Babylonia, called Šumer in Akkadian.

Sumerian

2. (linguistics) The ancient language spoken in Sumer, a language isolate.

• Sumer
• Shinar

• Emegir
• Emesal

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Sumerian terms

• ISO 639-3 code sux (SIL)

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