https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumerian_language
Sumerian (Cuneiform: ???????? Emegir "native tongue") is the language of ancient Sumer.It is one of the oldest attested languages, dating back to at least 3000 BC. It is accepted to be a local language isolate and to have been spoken in ancient Mesopotamia, in the area that is modern-day Iraq.. Akkadian, a Semitic language, gradually replaced Sumerian as a spoken language …