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Elamitic language

Elamitic language

9.9
An extinct language once spoken by ancient people in the southwest of Iran
  • noun
  • Specialized
: lengua elamita
  • Scholars debate the classification of the Elamitic language due to its mysterious origins.

Examples

  • Few historians are able to translate texts in the Elamitic language.

  • The Elamitic language was spoken in ancient Persia.

  • The discovery of tablets written in Elamitic language shed light on ancient Elamite culture.

  • Few scholars can read the Elamitic language today.

  • Few historians are able to translate texts in the Elamitic language.

  • Scholars debate the classification of the Elamitic language due to its mysterious origins.

  • The discovery of tablets written in Elamitic language shed light on ancient Elamite culture.

Synonyms

Elamite
vsElamitic language
1 9.9

People once spoke an old language in southwest Iran that is now extinct

is the more technical academic name used for the same language
Susian
vsElamitic language
  • Specialized
9.9

An ancient language once spoken by Elamite people in southwest Iran, now no longer used

is the more general scholarly term for the same language
Elamite language
vsElamitic language
9.9

A language no longer spoken in what is now southwestern Iran

is the longer adjective phrase used in formal texts
Susian language
vsElamitic language
  • Specialized
9.9

A language people spoke long ago in Susa in the southwest of Iran that no one speaks now

is the regional label rather than a linguistic classification
Elamitic
vsElamitic language
  • Specialized
9.9

An extinct language once spoken by the Elamites

is more cautious about relationships and states uncertain affiliation not isolation

Surface Forms

Elamitic language singular
Elamitic languages plural

Morphology

Elamitic + language

This is a straightforward adjective+noun composition: 'Elamitic' (relating to the Elamites or their speech) + 'language' yields 'the language of the Elamites'. The pattern proper-name/adjective + 'language' is cross-linguistically common and fully compositional, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would understand the meaning.

Etymology

Elamitic language is named after the ancient land Elam and the Elamites, the people who lived there. It points to the old language those people used, so today it means the extinct language of that place.