- of or relating to Sumer, its ancient language, or the early and non-Semitic element it contributed to Babylonian civilization（与）苏美尔（有关）的; （与）苏美尔语（有关）的; （与）早期非闪米特族（有关）的。
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- a member of the indigenous non-Semitic people of ancient Babylonia苏美尔人（古代巴比伦王国非闪米特族的本地人）。
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- mass noun the Sumerian language苏美尔语。
The Sumerians had the oldest known written language, whose relationship to any other language is unclear. Theirs is the first historically attested civilization and they invented cuneiform writing, the sexagesimal system of mathematics, and the socio-political institution of the city state. Their art, literature, and theology had a profound influence long after their demise c. 2,000 bc.
词源
late 19th cent.: from French sumérien, from SUMER.