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The Sumerian people spoke the language of ancient Sumer. In the 3rd millineum BC, a close cultural simbiosis developed bettwen the Sumarians and Akkadians, so many were bilingual. Around the year 2000 BC, the Akkadian language replaced the Sumerian language, though the Sumarian laguage continued to be used as a sacred, ceremonial, literary, and scientific language in Mesopotamia until the first century AD.

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