Elamitic (Noun)
Meaning
An extinct ancient language of unknown affinities; spoken by the Elamites.
Classification
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
Examples
- Elamitic is considered an isolate within the context of the known ancient Near Eastern languages.
- Some researchers have attempted to find connections between the Elamitic language and other languages such as Sumerian or Dravidian.
- Most of the available texts in Elamitic were written in cuneiform during the Achaemenid Empire period.
- Elamitic texts were written in a variety of cuneiform, which has significantly aided in the partial decipherment of this ancient language.
- Due to the relative brevity of the known texts, Elamitic remains an understudied and obscure ancient language.