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Su·mer·ian (so̵̅o̅ mir′ē ən, -mer′-)
adjective
- of Sumer
- of the people of Sumer, an ancient non-Semitic people of S Mesopotamia
noun
- a member of this people
- the language of the Sumerians, extinct as a spoken language since c. 2000 although it continued to be written until the abandonment of the cuneiform writing system: its tablets and inscriptions date back to 3000 : no clear relationship to any other language has been established
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