sumerian
/suːˈmɪəriən/
relating to the origins of civilization; foundational or primordial
sumerian in a sentence
“The sumerian roots of writing still shape how we communicate.”
Origin of sumerian
From Sumer, the first urban civilization in southern Mesopotamia
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