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Elamite language

Elamite, also known as Hatamtite and formerly as Scythic, Median, Amardian, Anshanian and Susian, is an extinct language that was spoken by the ancient Elamites. It was recorded in what is now southwestern Iran from 2600 BC to AD 330. Elamite is generally thought to have no demonstrable relatives and is usually considered a language isolate. The lack of…

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Early form
language of Proto-Elamite?
Era
c. 2800–300 BC (Later unwritten forms might have survived until AD 1000?)
Glottolog
elam1244
ISO 639-2
elx
ISO 639-3
elx
Language family
Language isolate

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Elamite language

Nodes101
Edges100
Triples93
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.019802
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Elamite language

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related to Study · 49
Elamite language → Achaemenid, AD, American, Another, Anshan, Archibald Henry Sayce, At, Bisutun Inscription, Cameron, Chogha Zanbil, Darius, Edwin Norris, Elamite, Europe, Florence Malbran-Labat, François Vallat, Françoise Grillot, French, George, Gian Pietro Basello
related to External links · 33
Elamite language → Achaemenid Royal Inscriptions, An, Ancient Scripts, Berlin, Browse Lexicon, Corpus Catalogue, David McAlpin, Dravidian, Elamisches Wörterbuch, Elamite, ElamiteElamisch, Enrique Quintana, Ernst Kausen, Further Evidence, George Starostin, German, Heidemarie, Hinz, Igor Diakonov, Internet Archive
Early form · 1
Elamite language → language of Proto-Elamite?
Era · 1
Elamite language → c. 2800–300 BC (Later unwritten forms might have survived until AD 1000?)
Glottolog · 1
Elamite language → elam1244
ISO 639-2 · 1
Elamite language → elx
ISO 639-3 · 1
Elamite language → elx
Language family · 1
Elamite language → Language isolate
Native to · 1
Elamite language → Elam
Region · 1
Elamite language → Western Asia, Iran

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elamite achaemenid language bc middle class proto-elamite cuneiform also system first nominal suffix verb inscriptions noun suffixes published persepolis forms

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Elamite languageEarly formlanguage of Proto-Elamite?1.00infobox
Elamite languageErac. 2800–300 BC (Later unwritten forms might have survived until AD 1000?)1.00infobox
Elamite languageGlottologelam12441.00infobox
Elamite languageISO 639-2elx1.00infobox
Elamite languageISO 639-3elx1.00infobox
Elamite languageLanguage familyLanguage isolate1.00infobox
Elamite languageNative toElam1.00infobox
Elamite languageRegionWestern Asia, Iran1.00infobox
Elamite languageWriting systemLinear Elamite, Elamite cuneiform1.00infobox
-mainstance ofThe language uses postpositions0.80text
ankainstance ofAchaemenid Elamite also uses a number of subordinating conjunctions0.80text
Elamite languagerelated to External linksHinz0.60section

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