Elamite (ē`ləmīt'), extinct language of uncertain relationship that was once spoken in the ancient kingdom of Elam Elam (ē`ləm), ancient country of Asia, N of the Persian Gulf and E of the Tigris, now in W Iran.
..... Click the link for more information. , located in SW Asia. It appears to be unrelated to any other languages, although some scholars see a kinship between Elamite and Brahui, one of the modern Dravidian languages Dravidian languages (drəvĭd`ēən)
..... Click the link for more information. . Elamite is an agglutinative language in that different linguistic elements, each of which exists separately and has a fixed meaning, are often joined to form one word. A number of stone inscriptions and clay tablets that have Elamite texts written in cuneiform cuneiform (ky
nē`ĭfôrm) [Lat.
..... Click the link for more information. survive. These texts cover a period of about 2,000 years that began at the end of the third millennium B.C.
..... Click the link for more information. , located in SW Asia. It appears to be unrelated to any other languages, although some scholars see a kinship between Elamite and Brahui, one of the modern Dravidian languages Dravidian languages (drəvĭd`ēən)
..... Click the link for more information. . Elamite is an agglutinative language in that different linguistic elements, each of which exists separately and has a fixed meaning, are often joined to form one word. A number of stone inscriptions and clay tablets that have Elamite texts written in cuneiform cuneiform (ky
nē`ĭfôrm) [Lat...... Click the link for more information. survive. These texts cover a period of about 2,000 years that began at the end of the third millennium B.C.
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