The Sound of the Sumerian language (Numbers, Words & Sample Text)

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Sumerian (Emegir)
Native to: Sumer and Akkad
Region: Mesopotamia (modern-day Iraq)
Era: Attested from c. 3000 BC. Effectively extinct from about 2000-1800 BC; used as classical language until about 100 AD.
Language family: Language isolate
is the language of ancient Sumer. It is believed to be a language isolate and to have been spoken in ancient Mesopotamia (also known as the Fertile Crescent), in the area that is modern-day Iraq.
Akkadian gradually replaced Sumerian as a spoken language in the area around 2000 BC (the exact date is debated), but Sumerian continued to be used as a sacred, ceremonial, literary and scientific language in Akkadian-speaking Mesopotamian states such as Assyria and Babylonia until the 1st century AD. Thereafter it seems to have been forgotten until the 19th century, when Assyriologists began deciphering the cuneiform inscriptions and excavated tablets that had been left by its speakers.
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[@albalog2449]

1:23 The Sumerians were so advanced, they had ipad thousands of years before anyone else.

[@oferzilberman5049]

*_I was expecting that joke to come eventually_*

[@risyanthbalaji805]

Lmao

[@NatynaxChannel]

I was looking for this comment

[@ADeeSHUPA]

uP

[@zeth8300]

Haaaaaaaaaaa

[@thewaywardpoet]

Though Sumerian has been deemed a language isolate, I'd be willing to bet that the ancestor of the Semitic language family borrowed the word "Silim" ("hello") and adapted it into the "Shalom" and "Salaam" we have today in Hebrew and Arabic respectively.

[@karcsi-sp]

Yeah I can definitely see that

[@AdrianusArilius]

Akrab is also still adapted to Arabic to this day to say scorpion

[@AdrianusArilius]

Akrab is also still adapted to Arabic to this day to say scorpion

[@נהוראיסבגי-נ7מ]

I'd say the opposite. Those greetings are not just words, they're a complete semitic set of a root constructed on a morpheme. I'd say that silim specifically was brought to sumerian through akkadian.

[@georgedecruz4717]

I have my bets in this

[@anaisgarcia2609]

It´s wonderful to hear how these dead languages could sound. However, let´s not forget that there are many things we ignore about their pronunciation (did Sumerian have tones? We don´t know. If that was so, how many tones were there? We don´t know. What was the sound of one of its "r"s? We don´t know) But your effort is beautiful. Thanks.

[@gingerbreadmangangafarmer2251]

Good point.We will never know how it sounded because we are going by modern standards

[@valkeakirahvi]

Yep. One of the major things is, that Sumerian probably did have much more vowels than just i, a and u, but we don't know what because our understanding is based on Akkadian that just had those (here they also use e separately form i). I've heard it proposed that Sumerian probably even had vowel harmony of some kind. This reconstruction seems to be pretty good though, realising that ǧ is ng (vegar nasal), z is ts, and the difference between k and g is aspiration and not voice like in Akkadian.

[@nimaiiikun]

wow! i am a native speaker of bkowas and I totally understood like 0% of this language

[@slickgamesinc.9002]

what's bkowas?

[@lukurd5923]

@@slickgamesinc.9002 it's an endangered language from the Kpitumo-Glegtisi language family, spoken in the historical lands of Bkotnetaoi. I'm honestly surprised you haven't heard of it. I once donated 30,000 dabloons to a charity that helps to keep the language alive.

[@احمدسالمكاظم-ه3ص]

Wtf is bkowas

[@khalilal-bukhari7042]

Bkowas these nuts lmao

[@venom6885]

@@zombiegrrrrl sumeryan is dead tongue is turn in aramaic iranic siriac libano egyptians indians south east asians and turkhis mongolic and nepaly sanskritic and europeans but hittites and Sons scityians.aramaic sanskritic is brought the tongue in indo europeans aryans

[@gibbygibbstein7858]

I'm glad we were able to record the voices of those Sumerians who existed like 4000 years ago

[@tymurtymur6319]

Well......eh.

[@MohammedAli-hl4mr]

i hope your being ironic and that your not being serious gibby

[@TevelDrinkwater]

Off the top of my head, the sound of spoken Sumerian is reconstructed from Akkadian era language guides. Akkadian pronunciation has been reconstructed from Aramaic. If you learn spoken Sumerian today, then hop in a time machine, at best you will have a strong weird accent.

[@guifdcanalli]

more like 5000

[@nidaroon858]

@@MohammedAli-hl4mr obviously a sarcastic comment on how ridiculous it is to think that this is actually what the Sumerian language (oldest known language in the world) would sound like. The likelihood of this being what they sounded like or spoke is probably less than 1%

[@girasol.]

when he said "𒀭𒂗𒆤 𒈗 𒆳𒆳𒊏 𒀊𒁀 𒀭𒀭𒌷𒉈𒆤 𒅗 𒄀𒈾𒉌𒋫 𒀭𒊩𒌆𒄈𒋢 𒀭𒇋𒁉 𒆠 𒂊𒉈𒋩" I knew everything would be fine.

[@Zhiivago]

Konichiva to you too

[@kikyanwar1903]

UD REA!!

[@MohamedRynx8]

It looks like mandarin but harder

[@daisylu1973]

😝

[@robwalsh9843]

How is it that one of the world's oldest written languages looks the coolest?

[@austinbutts3000]

My mother is a school teacher, and she used this video when covering ancient Mesopotamia. Keep up the great work!

[@nathanmerritt1581]

Isolate language is always one of my favourites!

[@gokhan2970]

@@spongeboblover7052 it is impossible.

[@Ama-hi5kn]

@@spongeboblover7052 I heard Turkic languages are spoken on planets orbiting Beta Centauri.

[@DZRESPECT]

@@spongeboblover7052 hahahaha turks want to prove they lived in middle east thousands years ago forget it mate

[@esesas4679]

Not isolated language. It is as same as Dravdian language. Dravidan people otant8c people . Europa writers dont alway understand

[@anirudh177]

@@spongeboblover7052 turkic nationalists here again, ughhh

[@artemisdrako]

The greeting "silim", sounds like the arabic "salam" and the jewish "shalom"

[@ananasasjenkins881]

Could it be a loanword from Akkadian?

[@megasupreme9985]

The Sumerians and the Akkadians were close with each other, borrowing many words and culture from each other. Akkadian was a semitic language, related to Arabic and Hebrew, which would explain these similarities.

[@MutohMech]

Also abba as father

[@kochihikaro4906]

@@megasupreme9985 its not accurate Sumerian .

[@kochihikaro4906]

@@ananasasjenkins881 Sumerian older than akkadian but may be its Akkadian and we thiink its Sumerian as most of Sumerian records came from Akkadian tablets

[@ani2809]

Sumerian is " the oldest written language in existence". Many a proponent once tried hard to relate Sumerian with the IE family but to no avail . Sumerian's position was a matter of prestige, then .

[@jugurtha292]

IE😂😂😂😂 its related to semites

[@cyrus8886]

@@jugurtha292 it's not It's a language isolate

[@deiansalazar140]

It sounds similar to Sino Tibetan imo. Perhaps they have a common ancestor but aren't direct siblings. More like Proto Proto Sino Tibetan split into Sumerian and Proto Sino Tibetan THEN Old Chinese happened thousands of years later.

[@th9827]

@@deiansalazar140 NO. If Sumerian ever had related language it would be a ME language.

[@stiwari7871]

@@th9827 But even that, it's not the case

[@alessandrodelogu7931]

Interesting, the first written language. Next time you could make Classical Maya, with some hieroglyphic text and its translation.

[@염상-y7p]

only proto-civilizations will remember

[@mr.flibblessumeriantransla5417]

I’ve recently been putting together translations of various things into Sumerian on my channel and it’s always nice to hear fellow enthusiasts of the language speaking it. Let’s bring it back to life! :)

[@milekrizman]

I am interested in Sumerian language too

[@fanaticofmetal]

​@@milekrizmanSame!

[@milekrizman]

@@fanaticofmetal where are you from?

[@AndreaMastacht-lj4in]

Do you believe it is possible to do some kind of revival? Also, are there online communities related to the study and revival of Sumerian?

[@mravalik]

If there was an way for the field of linguistics to revive this ancient language, I am certain that there would be a mass of people who would love to learn ancient Sumerian.

[@imhummingbird8043]

The problem is we will never know how Sumerian really sounded like. Our understanding of the language is limited. If we want to revive it, we must take some liberties to "fill in the gaps", otherwise we wouldn't be able to have a fully functional language. But yeah, I hope someone take this step and reconstruct Sumerian to full-fledged level.

[@tfan2222]

@@imhummingbird8043…we have a fully fledged language. Now, do we absolutely 100% know the exact pronunciation of every word? No, and it doesn’t really matter because: dialects. As long as we get in a reasonable range, we’re good. And we are.

[@AndreaMastacht-lj4in]

​@@tfan2222Are you trying to learn it?

[@thetriumphofthethrill2457]

After numerous readings of Sitchin and learning more about the fascinating civilization I always wondered how the Sumerian language sounded and it's a real treat to come.across another well-done video by ILoveLanguages on the topic. Fascinating, the language sounds a bit Arabic.

[@TalkBubble]

Great video! I love ancient languages:) I hope one day I will be able to add ancient languages on my channel as well

[@nabillzzat]

Sumeru,city of knowledge.Writing in Sumerian.

[@jackdavids2723]

Curious that the name for scorpion in Arabic is 'aqrab which sounds exactly like the sumerian name for scorpio Akrabu, I think that reveals where the word came from because there is no root for 'aqrab in arabic.

[@sammesopotamia8166]

Oh Sumerian.. with the first writing system… I love it, thank youuuu

[@rumbachst]

Although Sumerian is an isolated language, there is a noticeably large number of words similar to Semitic. "Silim", "muzu", "akrab", "abba"....

[@gabrielluzlopes5674]

Yep, maybe could have been influenced by Akkadian or otherwise, since they both were spoken in Sumer area until Akkadian took over it's place as a lingua franca and then Aramaic

[@AriaJoulayne]

​@@gabrielluzlopes5674 Both the Sumerians and the Semites originated in the Middle East. No need to want to find other origins for the Sumerians. All archaeologists agree that they both came from the same place. the Sumerians are neither Persian, Indian, European or Asian.

[@vpansf]

@@AriaJoulayne The origin of the culture does not determine the origin of the language.

[@mattcrosbytv]

​@@AriaJoulaynethank you 😊 like they said literally the ruler of umma .😂😂😂

[@cyrus8886]

Silim sounds a lot like salam in arabic. They also mean the same thing. Maybe akkadian influence?

[@ANTSEMUT1]

Very likely.

[@nathanmerritt1581]

Both language influenced each other.

[@xyrocknirmou8699]

Its an ancestor of afro asiatic languages

[@aureavita8653]

@@xyrocknirmou8699 it's a language isolate, not connected to any language

[@gaborodriguez1346]

Also compare Hebrew "Shalom".

[@smiedranokatirova5987]

Proud to be a Mesopotamian 🇮🇶♥️

[@milekrizman]

where are you from exactly? Baghdad?

[@Iranian_Historian]

Arabs aren't the same mesopotamian people

[@ali40589]

​@@Iranian_Historian That's a lie, ancient civilization like Sumer didn't disappear completely nor the people. I'm pretty sure the Arabs who occupied the territory now still inherited their genetic even if it's little.

[@michaelphoenix1]

​@@Iranian_Historian iraqian not arab

[@nemesis3154]

​@@Iranian_Historian modern Iraq shares a lot of DNA with ancient Mesopotamia. Iraqis aren't entirely Arabs but Arabised people. They have origins from old Mesopotamia and sumeria, southern Iraqi culture in particular is the closest one to Sumerian culture. The writings you have on your profile are cuneiform which was the first ever written language developed in history, in Mesopotamia, Iraq.

[@clownphabetstrongwoman7305]

Finally I got an inkling of how Summerian would have sounded.

[@BestKCL]

In this other video i watched it just sounded like "A koosbaam anish vit eeti garach iim zuumrahn" Essentially just tons of "ee" "sh"

[@blackoutninja]

Ubu-tubu

[@djentlemanb]

For some reason, i’m drawn to this language & feel an unexplainable connection to it even though i’m just some white dude from Canada.

[@nemesis3154]

I'm all pride 🇮🇶

[@fabbowl9625]

i felt the ''𒈗𒆠𒉌𒂠𒌌𒌌𒈗𒆠𒉌𒂠𒌌𒌌𒈗𒆠𒉌𒂠𒌌𒌌''

[@aboodbb8774]

As iraqi from dhi qar I can understand few of those words but marshes people might understand much more

[@uyy9851]

I'm from the south of Iraq do not lie I can understand some Arabic words

[@Iranian_Historian]

@@uyy9851 They're not Arabic words, they're Sumerian words which came to Arabic language

[@joseignaciocastrovonrodrig5613]

It looks and sounds Uralic to me, with some influence of a Kartvelian language. I would love to hear what Finnish, Estonian, Hungarian, Laponic, etc. speakers have to say about my opinion. Thanks.

[@mikaranta5840]

Finnish native here. Sounds nothing like finnish 😄 Fasinating stuff

[@mikahamari6420]

Native Finnish speaker here. Thank you for sharing your impression, it is interesting. I would like to hear, what makes this resemblance to you. Now I warn you about totally subjective comment, but you asked for it. 🙂 I am totally honest, how this sounds to me. First, I have seen people saying that Sumerian is related to Uralic languages. I watched part of a video in which there was regular sound correspondences according to person showing them. I try to be free from prejudices, but nothing I saw is compelling. Maybe it is just impossible for me to think it is possible. It could be possible, but on my opinion it isn't. To my ear, this doesn't sound Uralic at all. This is like randomly chosen language, which I wouldn't myself even for a millisecond consider to be related. As I said, this is totally subjective impression, and with these amounts of time, something distantly related could be impossible to differentiate from unrelated. But normally at least the numbers are in Uralic languages somehow familiar, and here they are totally foreign. Finnish: 1: yksi 2: kaksi 3: kolme 4: neljä 5: viisi 6: kuusi 7: seitsemän 8: kahdeksan 9: yhdeksän 10: kymmenen

[@triumphtinltcomicdg]

to me it's sounds more like some Native American language

[@huseinkerkuk]

@@mikaranta5840 the sumerian language is agglutinating languages such as finnish and hangarian and turkish and other languages

[@huseinkerkuk]

and turkish

[@gilgameshomar]

Thanks awesome video watching you from Iraq love to the ancestor language

[@miguelmasanet9458]

Note at 1:48 the word "lagash" which here is translated into English as "ruler" but which could also be translated as "legislator". Word found in Romance languages ​​such as French "legislator" or Spanish "legislador". Conclusion, we find the root "leg". It's really curious😊😉

[@carl8703]

I wish it were so. Words like English "law" and French "legislator" derive from PIE root "*legʰ-" meaning "lay", suggesting they originally meant "that which is layed down". The instance of "Lagash" you cite is actually the name of the city, I'm guessing maybe you meant "lugal" meaning "ruler"? It's pretty clear not many of these words are PIE derived but it's possible there may have been loanwords from a PIE language. The Ur/Lagash conflict that's referenced by the sample text was about a millennia before the Hittites, and we know their language was PIE derived. It was also one to several millenia after PIE would have been spoken. There have been publications that suggest there could have been a PIE substrate that was displaced by the Sumerians (the "Euphratic substrate" theory), since there are some cuneiform that are reused to represent sounds that resemble the PIE translations. For instance Sumerian "ku" meaning fish has an unusual syllable structure that suggests borrowing, and it resembles the Eastern PIE "*dʰǵʰu- ", also meaning fish. If "lugal" also has an unusual syllable structure this could suggest a loan from a PIE derivative, but I don't know enough to say if this is the case.

[@mat3693]

@@carl8703 you really destroyed this guys hopes and dreams right before his very eyes lol

[@valkeakirahvi]

@@carl8703 Lugal is a compound word, coming from lu 'man' gal 'big'.

[@quierodesign3958]

All languages came from a common language a few thousand years ago. They branched further from Hamitic, Semitic and Japhetic roots.

[@MohammedAli-hl4mr]

@@quierodesign3958 that is just pseudoscience.

[@almami1599]

0:45 scorpion (Akrabu) in Arabic we say ‘aqrabu

[@anysay4020]

Sumerian, the beginning of all earth's civilization. every nation's culture has same something as sumerian culture.

[@The_Meskhetian]

digir reminds me of tengri in turkic languages, such as khakass in which god is tigir

[@MymilanitalyBlogspot]

Very interesting! Hindi also uses ka, ke, and ki for "of". Wow!

[@schaizelmachie-velli7512]

Guys as a Sumerian learner and studier actually we don't know about sounds of Sumerian language. There are so many theories but as I said we not sure

[@bungouyevsky]

Can you please recommend me some resources for Sumerian?

[@valkeakirahvi]

@@bungouyevsky Digital Hammurabi has a course here on youtube

[@evermay1582]

Awesome! Could you do Réunion French vs Standard French next?

[@nainon1389]

Thank you!

[@ilovelanguages0124]

Thank you, too! I really appreciate you! ✨✨✨

[@michaelyuan3382]

I thought "Gilgamesh" was the Akkadian pronunciation. Didn't the Sumerians say "Bilgames" instead?

[@Dice_roller]

Yes, they did.

[@COUNTRYHUMAN100]

0:06 no hair

[@abyss313]

As Assyrian I'm proud that Mesopotamia didn't get rid of its original tradition

[@dori25t]

Great thanks for sharing 😊

[@Ayushgraphy]

Shalom, salam SILIM?

[@Vassi_Drakonov]

Hard to miss, no?

[@lovestarlightgiver2402]

Also, "akrabu" (scorpion/scorpio), sounds like the Arabic word for scorpion. عقرب (aqrab).

[@ANTSEMUT1]

Borrowed from semitic languages such as Akkadian, they did live side by side for millennia.

[@bastianodimebag]

Akkadian and Sumerian influenced each other

[@AshurAdam-d7b]

Assyrian, Shlama

[@malek3719]

This is Very Proudly - Nicely Done As a Cushite! ✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾

[@ashaler__]

recently got back into this language, enjoy this!

[@Qouit38]

How did we know how to spell this letters and the words

[@daha3074]

What makes Sumerian even more interesting is the fact it's a language isolate. Great video!

[@uyy9851]

Hello everyone, We, the Sumerians in southern Iraq, still maintain our ancient customs and traditions. We are a very simple people, but unfortunately, we feel that we are misrepresented in the media, and our way of life is not properly understood or portrayed. Some modern ethnic groups, such as the Kurds and Turks, attempt to establish historical roots in our civilization due to their own national and cultural circumstances in their respective countries. It's important to clarify that we speak Arabic not because some Arab tribes from the Hijaz region imposed it on us, but because Arabic has been present in our region since ancient times and became one of our languages. Let's remember not to belittle other peoples and their cultures. It's essential to promote understanding and respect among all nations.

[@TheAnonymous-d4l]

so you are an descedant of the summerians? well you earned my respect i like the summerian period!

[@AndreaMastacht-lj4in]

Are people interested in learning Sumerian?

[@magicalvideoclips9285]

I heard some Kurdish-Persian and Arabic words like scorpion and eight and hello

[@daron6616]

There are some words that sound like they’re of Semitic origin. They are most likely from Akkadian as previously mentioned by other commenters. It’s not really all that surprising. Languages have always borrowed words from one another especially between those peoples who they trade with or live in close proximity to. The cuneiform writing system was invented by Sumerians and later adopted by the Akkadians.

[@fz7793]

Sumerian language is older than semitic languages. Semitic languages actually took many words from Sumerian.

[@AS-vq3wt]

these people are the grandsons of Mohenjo Daro. MY people. They traveled on boats westward from modern day Pakistan and landed in the Persian gulf and settled that land. I'm honored to hear the language of my fathers and immensely proud that I have the blood of the greatest people in human history.

[@luislaplume8261]

In the distant past Agade was once a part of Sumerian civilization. With a distance of several hundred miles they made differences with the Sumerian language. Akkadian was once the major international language between Middle East civilizations. Sumerian civilization began around 4000 B.C. in the astronomical age of Taurus the bull when the sun rose above that constellation.

[@nabazf8891]

The Akadian borrowed from sumerians such as Akrabu

[@matrixxx3662]

They are not semetic or Indo european.

[@abdulkadirerenozturk8497]

Thank you for the video, I want Sumerian dubs for popular shows next please:)

[@SS-yo9bk]

"Silim" is not Sumerian, it is a loan word from Akkadian from the proto-semitic root SLM. Would be interesting to know the original Sumerian word for ''hello'', as surely there was one.

Well, sumerian, just like any other language, had a lot of loan words of their neighbourgs. If most of the sumerian documentation comes from the Third Ur dynsaty, then they surely had a lot of akkadian influence.

[@JavidShah246]

You are basically saying: there is a proto, more proto than the proto itself😂 In 2270 BC, Akkad conquered Sumer! Rings any bell?

[@НеЖурналист-й5ц]

perhaps this word came into the Sumerian language from Proto-Phratian (Semitic, pre-Sumerian). the Sumerians came from India

[@chakir348]

@@НеЖурналист-й5ц no they didn't

[@hassaanahmad7453]

Some words are that similar in Arabic/semitic and hindi/Indian language. Silim: Salam/shalom Anaam: naam/name Taurus: kakkab (star?) Leo: Kalbu (dog?) Scorpion (akrabu) Fish man: suxur mash (mash= Bengali mach/machli?) Pisces: nuni (Hebrew or Arabic word for fish)? Father: abba (semitic) Sahardu: burial mounds? = Arabic desert (sahra)?

[@johananlieberman]

The word for "Scorpio" - Akrabu - sounds almost identical to the word for "scorpion" in modern Hebrew: "Akrav".

[@canertas3800]

It's "Akrab" in Arabic.

[@alphazar]

It's a Semitic loanword

[@quierodesign3958]

All languages are related if you go back far enough. Korean and Tamil share thousands of words!

[@attaueiehehdhsjwksodndhh4980]

In Arabic it’s Aqrab from what I know it’s probably A Semitic word specifically Akkadian

[@RivahPrime]

Is there a site that would translate the text and also have the verbal pronunciations?

[@sk8mysterion]

Three separate words for the number one? :) really cool video

[@valkeakirahvi]

The numbers were usually written just with strokes like tally marks, which I think explains why there is some uncertainity of how it was actually pronounced. It also might be that those had slightly different meaning, but we don't know what exactly.

[@romero522]

Akrabu Silim Nuni Calbu rabu Kakkab Probably loanwords from Akkadian Since they have equivalent words in hebrew for example Scorpion- Akrab Nun - fish in aramaic and Tamnun in hebrew is Octopus for example and Dionun is a squid Silim like Shlama and Shalom Calbu rabu sounds like a" big dog" Kakkab = star, Cochav in hebrew Anyways Hebrew borrowed few words from Sumerian proper Chicken = Tarnegol = dar - lu - gal = the bird of the king Temple = heichcal = E gal = big house Architect = Adrichal = ardu E gal = the servant of the big house

[@somebody1241]

Wow it actually influenced languages of Middle East. I saw a few ultra similar words

[@Mouse-p5s]

"WHERE'S MY COPPER EA-NASIR!!!"

[@umm4820]

silim and akrabu sound like salam and akrab in arabic. interesting. makes sense why arabic became the lingua franca of the arabian continental plate.

[@jfkgkgkhkhjgkgjgjg5914]

It sounds sometimes like Japanese sometimes like Tagalog. Some words also sound me like African languages.

[@moqtada6780]

I am proud of Iraq's civilizations 💛

[@esesas4679]

Do you know "Iraq" etmiology

[@oopp12_qwe96]

😭😭😭♥️♥️♥️.

[@Iranian_Historian]

Iraq 😂

[@Iranian_Historian]

Iraq etmiolegy is this: The Old version of "Iraq" word is Irak which was Iranak to mean Little Iran

[@j0.q7__]

​@@Iranian_Historian firstly, you know that there is no similarity between the word Iran ايران and Iraq عراق in the Arabic and Persian languages, and your interpretation is really funny because the word “Iraq عراق” is an Arabic word, and there are two interpretations of its name. The first is that it is the Arabization of "Uruk" which is the name of a famous Sumerian city in southern Iraq, and the second is that it is a word with Arabic origins, meaning the seashore due to its proximity to the Gulf.

[@InfinnacageMusic]

it's amazing that people managed to decipher this language.

[@micahmatthew7104]

1:26 lol. I didn’t know they had ipads back then!

[@Josiah360]

Ud rēa, ud sura rēa Ngi rēa, ngi bara rēa Mu rēa mu sura rēa Ud ul ningduē pa ēaba Ud ul ningduē mi zid duggaaba Eš kalammaka ninda šuaba Imšurinna kalammaka ningtab akaba An kita badabaraaba Ki anta badasuraaba Mu namluulu baangaraaba

[@shadyworld1]

Scorpio is Exactly the Same Arabic vocabulary Acquires is the same vocabulary in Arabic for Water pot “Qula” it could be pronounced in other Arabic dialects as “Gula” too! Lion is 2 set Arabic word the first means Heart in Arabic, and the second means “God” ! If that was Arabic to Sumerian I believe all Arabic Speakers like me would spot waaaaay more similarities!!

[@attaueiehehdhsjwksodndhh4980]

I am an Arabic speaker as well but you have to remember that Sumerian is a very ancient language linguistically it’s not related to Arabic because it’s a language isolate. Arabic is a Semitic language, meaning it’s related to Akkadian, which existed alongside Sumerian at that time, and they mixed.

[@ijansk]

If I well recall I once read Sumerian was supposed to be a monosyllabic and tonal language... 🤔

[@lingux_yt]

yeah, but we can't guess the tones, so that's all they can present to us (which is a lot 😂 )

[@opalescentyams2742]

that's one theory, but afaik it's not the usual interpretation

[@AshurAdam-d7b]

I am an Assyrian similar to our language, although linguists and historians say that the Sumerian language is an isolator, that is, it has no related languages.

[@AshurAdam-d7b]

@@Alpha-ov4vn *_I don't care about your opinion!_*

[@exanosis]

Akrabu is still the exact same word in Arabic and it means scorpion

[@ruralsquirrel5158]

The language isolate and highly scientific and advanced culture that just magically popped out of the ground and dominated the fertile crescent region for 1000 years. Yeah...pretty weird.

[@Nullius_in_verba]

ancient egyptian was equal in knowledge and culture,and started at the same age.what about indus civilization or minoan one? they were more advanced than sumerian for certain aspects..it isnt the only one that is "magically popped"..admitting that we could justify this definition itself

[@jacob_and_william]

It most certainly did not just magically pop up...but they were the first to write about it (and live)

[@SS-yo9bk]

they didnt "magically pop out of the ground", usually when people say stuff like that the next thing they imply is aliens or other bullshit....hope thats not what you mean by "pretty weird"

[@moymoythehappymonkey3155]

@@SS-yo9bk Egyptian pyramids were created by extraterrestrial beings, am I right?

[@rickrandom6734]

@@moymoythehappymonkey3155 No. You are wrong.

[@Zeyede_Seyum]

ዑድሬአ ዑድ ሱራ ሬአ ጂ ሬአ ጂ ባራ ሬአ ሙ ሬአ ሙ ሱራ ሬአ ዑድ ዑል ኒጅዱኤ ፓ ኤአባ ዑድ ዑል ኒጅዱኤ ሚ ዚድ ዱጋአባ ኢሽ ካላማካ ኒንዳ ሹአባ ሹሪና ካላማካ ኒግታብ አከአባ አን ኪታ ባዳባራአባ ኪ አንታ ባዳሱራአባ ሙ ኑምልዑሉ ባአንጃአራባ

[@parmaxolotl]

Why is it written in ge'ez

[@Zeyede_Seyum]

@@parmaxolotl why not? I think it’s accurate.

[@saccnt9196]

Why Ge'ez and not 𒅴𒂠?

[@riadsouissi]

Hold on, Agrabu is similar to Agrab in Arabic (scorpion). Also Silim sounds similar to Salam. Must be some very old influence between Sumerian and Semitic.

[@cyrus8886]

Yes. From akkadian

[@JavidShah246]

In 2270 BC Akkad conquered Sumer as well as its culture, wealth, science, language, women, farms, gods and the list continues…

[@المنتزهاتي11]

​@@cyrus8886from Sumerian

[@cyrus8886]

@@المنتزهاتي11 it's a loan word from Akkadian Sumerian is not related to semitic languages

[@sazoneh821]

iltam sumra rashupti elatim

[@parmaxolotl]

Fake news! This is Akkadian

[@svyatoslavrurikovich8831]

That's Akkadian you dingus

[@astridwolf911]

YES FINNALLY THANK YOU!

[@墨西哥哥]

Me hearing "limu" thinking is number five 👁️👄👁️ Me after realizing it is number 4 👁️➖👁️

[@nono-yx5oc]

Austronesians would say "lima" as 5😂

[@izfida]

@@nono-yx5oc #LimA Gang Here🤗🙋🖖

[@lowkeylokieanimations]

Lima is five in filipino-

[@josephlazo4103]

They could be related or not, we might never know.

[@yourbodyis75waterandimthir44]

Only the number 6 "aš" sounds kind of similair to what we have nowadays. All the other numbers sound absolutely nothing like what we have now.

[@davidfryer9359]

I could understand some of that with my eyes closed. Then after reading it was really surprised how much I did get right. Wonders never cease.

[@uncleknight116]

Really? Which language do you speak?

[@Natalie-ez1zc]

how

[@TobiasR-bw6yy]

@@Natalie-ez1zc Some people hold incredible past life memory. Either that or their native tongue is very similar

[@KevinLopez-nw2hi]

Wow cool the first civilizations language! Maybe you should do some African languages next!

[@imgonewiththewindfab]

Thank you Enki, Enlil, Anu, Marduk, Ninurta, Ninhursag & some Igigi Gold Miners for giving us the knowledge that we have today. Your Sumerian Civilization gift is much appreciated.. Hope you come back soon when Nibiru comes near Earth orbit to teach us new technology once again. 🤗😇

[@TobiasR-bw6yy]

Do you know alot about the Sumerian religion? I'm already pagan, and have been drawn to the Sumerian Pantheon. Do you know some good resources I could learn from as a beginner to this religion?

[@scifispaceman1557]

just fyi if a letter is minimised it in transcription its a case marker, it would be like pronouncing "this!" as "thisexclamation"

[@jam2bug]

This sound similar to many north American indigenous languages. It sounds so familiar

[@AshWin-f8u]

1:43 they forgor💀 to Uncapitalize that bit

[@Zahra-ug6ji]

بعض الكلمات نفس العربي😅

[@hasan_basra_iraq]

the sumarian and Babylonians and the Assyrians are the ancestors of the Iraqi people 🇮🇶❤️

[@alkarisi2585]

Sumerians cannot be. Babylonians are.

[@frostflower5555]

Maybe Iraqis should start speaking Sumerian :)

[@MesopotamianKnight]

@پیاده نظام خان Iraqis are arabized and not arabs. You can tell by the looks if you do not want read some DNA research

[@hasan_basra_iraq]

@پیاده نظام خان Arabs Sumerians and Babylonians are one people and of one origin

[@matrixxx3662]

@@hasan_basra_iraq Sumerians are not semetic people.

[@riever6762]

Some words like numbers sound very familiar. But the majority of the sentences are unintelligible. And I speak Tagalog fluently.

[@johnsarkissian5519]

I noticed quite a few words that are similar to modern Semitic languages. “Akrab” means scorpion in Arabic too.

[@michaelpenn49]

This is teaching adout sound thank you

[@zedisdead9549]

I notice some semitic influence

[@Rickytikkitavi]

Imagine if the whole world spoke this language

[@ixtlankauldeva180]

Not necessarily saying that Sumerian is an Afro-Asiatic language, but Sumerian greeting Silim is quite close to Arabic Salam and Hebrew Shalom.

[@antundvorski4196]

Do a Kajkavian language. If you can please.

[@teachingenglishtoiraqis4227]

Amazing... fabulous.

[@ponta1162]

Hi, Andy 👋Where are you from? I love your videos and i also love learning languages 😄

[@sn2278]

What the meaning of “beauty” in sumerian language and how can I spell it?

[@user-wf1sg7oj9x]

scorpion in summerian it almost the same word in arabic!! also abba in arabic mean father

[@nikhilalbert3084]

Sumerian is probably derived from a Pre Indo-European culture in the Caucasus. Could be Kura-Araxes or any older one.

[@ANTSEMUT1]

Hard to prove without contemporary sources.

[@jzjzjzj]

@@ANTSEMUT1 it is literally pre indo european

[@collin-theonlyandone2299]

@@jzjzjzj It is definitely not indo-european but how do we know if it originated from the caucasus?

[@alkarisi2585]

@@jzjzjzj No it's not.

[@adamjody8233]

Imagine if sumerian native hearing their language with modern accent

[@PSP18128]

is silim (hello in sumerian) not a cognate of salam or shalom?

[@ElidavididiYT]

Silim! Silimma H̯emenden? Mug̃u Elišam! Muzu Anaam? (Just Practicing)

[@leFodanator]

I hope after i watch this video, i'll be able to write a complaint to that weird copper seller

[@aakla]

lol when you said "numbers" I thought you where just reading off random words in Sumerian. I was like YES! I can speak Sumerian.