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Sumerian language: References & Edit History

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Arno Poebel, Grundzüge der sumerischen Grammatik (1923), partly out of date, but still the only full grammar of Sumerian in all its stages; Adam Falkenstein, Grammatik der Sprache Gudeas von Lagaš, 2 vol. (1949–50), a very thorough grammar of the New Sumerian dialect, and Das Sumerische (1959), a very brief but comprehensive survey of the Sumerian language; Cyril J. Gadd, Sumerian Reading Book (1924), outdated but the only grammatical tool in English; Samuel N. Kramer, The Sumerians (1963), provides a general introduction to Sumerian civilization.

Ignace J. Gelb

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Modified link of Web site: University of Pennsylvania - Nimrud: Materialities of Assyrian Knowledge Production - The Sumerian language. Dec 21, 2024
Add new Web site: UC Berkeley Open Book Publishing - The Languages of Berkeley: An Online Exhibition - Sumerian. Sep 27, 2024
Add new Web site: Live Science - Drought May Have Killed Sumerian Language. Jan 17, 2024
Add new Web site: The Language Gulper - Sumerian Language. Nov 17, 2023
Add new Web site: University of Oxford - The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature - Sumerian language. Jul 11, 2023
Add new Web site: University of Pennsylvania - Nimrud: Materialities of Assyrian Knowledge Production - The Sumerian language. May 05, 2023
Add new Web site: Ancient Origins - Sumerian Tablets: A Deeper Understanding of the Oldest Known Written Language. Feb 10, 2023
Add new Web site: World History Encyclopedia - Sumerian Language. Sep 14, 2022
Corrected display issue. Mar 20, 2019
Add new Web site: Omniglot - Sumerian. Mar 06, 2013
Add new Web site: Omniglot - Sumerian. Mar 06, 2013
Added new Web site: Ancient Scripts - Sumerian. Feb 05, 2009
Added new Web site: World History International - Sumerian Language. Feb 05, 2009
Added new Web site: Library of Halexandria - Sumerian. Feb 05, 2009
Article revised. Jul 26, 1999
Article added to new online database. Oct 19, 1998
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