Sumerian is a language isolate, that is no languages related to it have so far been convincingly identified, although many of its grammatical features are attested in other living languages outside of the indoeuropean family to which english belongs. Rubio studies the worlds very first written languages, sumerian and akkadian, which were used in ancient. When contact is made with extraterrestrials, it is the third kind. Directed by olatunde osunsanmi and released in the uk over the weekend, it purports to be a dramatic reconstruction of events that took. The creation of earth enuma elish according to the sumerian tablets begins like this. The fourth kind 2009 frequently asked questions imdb. Ir 15 native tongue is the language of ancient sumer and a language isolate that was spoken in mesopotamia modernday iraq and in syria. They may have migrated to the far east searching for high ground for survival. The second, shorter message, is heard in the abduction scene starting at 1.
The chronology of the sumerian language may be divided into several periods according to linguistic and historical. Alien abduction flick the fourth kind is dangerous twaddle chris. Sumerian language, language isolate and the oldest written language in existence. This book is a good, easytoparse reference for sumerian grammar. First attested about 3100 bce in southern mesopotamia, it flourished during the 3rd millennium bce. Was the book on the 4th kind based on an actual book.
I make a habit to see most movies that are related to the whole ufoalien deception. To the north of the sumerians were the akkadians, a semitic people, with which they had extensive contacts, their languages influencing each other. They decoded sumerian tablets its extraordinary what. When in the height heaven was not named, and the earth beneath did not yet bear a name, and the primeval apsu, who begat them. The origins of sumerian civilization in mesopotamia are still debated today, but archaeological evidence indicates that they established roughly a dozen citystates by the fourth millennium b. They are implied to be responsible for several abductions in the town of nome, alaska which in real life has a unusual high number of disappearances, despite having no cases of purported alien abductions or ufo sightings as well as for driving some people insane, disoriented. The fourth kind may be humorless, paranoid nonsense, but its biggest. They are implied to be responsible for several abductions in the town of nome, alaska which in real life has a unusual high number of disappearances, despite having no cases of. Classical languages, earliest civilizations, the steppe. Alien abduction flick the fourth kind is dangerous twaddle. Right off the bat, the fourth kind cant get its act together. The fourth kind is, in so many ways, a really awful film. Upon further reaserch of what zimabu eter means, i came across the phrase spirit whom you cannot be saved from. Logogram publishing is publishing version 4 of the sumerian lexicon in both softcover and hardcover.
These records were written in the sumerian language during the middle bronze age. Its the kind of chutzpah that all but promises a scintillating, skincrawling motion picture, but the fourth kind is actually quite stunningly ineffective for all the hot air it generates. Upon the release of the 2009 film the fourth kind there was rampant discussion of whether the movie was based on actual true events, or whether the marketing was simply incredibly good. The influence of sumerian and the east semitic language akkadian on each. Mack 19292004 have investigated people who believed they were abducted by extraterrestrial lifeforms. The fourth kind is one of the most important films ever made on the subject of alien abductions. One of the larger sumerian cities may have had 80,000 residents. When a ufo is sighted, it is called an encounter of the first kind. Samuel noah kramer translated a text that he described as a sumerian job text starting on page 127 of his book the sumerians, their history, culture, and character, 1963. Watch ancient aliens on history channel, and youll find a couple links to the movie. The blackhaired sumerian elite armchair prehistory. During the 3rd millennium bc, an intimate cultural symbiosis developed between the sumerians and the semiticspeaking akkadians, which included widespread bilingualism.
Sumerian literature constitutes the earliest known corpus of recorded literature, including the religious writings and other traditional stories maintained by the sumerian civilization and largely preserved by the later akkadian and babylonian empires. Last week, around 30,000 people downloaded books from my site 8 people gave donations. The fourth kind is based on a screenplay by olatunde osunsanmi, who also directed the movie. The following is an excerpt from the book which i am working on called the language of the sumerians phonetics, grammar, vocabulary, culture terms and phonology, which i hope to publish in english and hungarian. After the release of the fourth kind, people on many internet forums have been. To some, he was a brilliant scholar with revolutionary ideas about the ancient sumerian and babylonian gods. Feb 05, 2019 9 things you may not know about the ancient sumerians. Since the script could be adapted to multiple languages, it was. The late late show with james corden recommended for you. Human encounters with aliens, being most recognized. Its pretty common, in fact, to have special purpose words just like these, and many languages do. An unseen species of hostile aliens are the main antagonists of the 2009 science fiction horror film the fourth kind.
About 2000 bce, sumerian was replaced as a spoken language by semitic akkadian assyrobabylonian but continued in. I want to keep them free, but need some support to be able to do so. Where version 3 drew upon 36 sources, version 4 draws upon 96 sources. The book completely overlooked the philippines, whose population now is about four times that of taiwan luzon has about twice the population of taiwan.
Because it has a peculiar prestige as the most ancient written language, proposals for linguistic affinity sometimes have a nationalistic background. Id say the most popular, but most difficult one would be book number two because its complicated and involves a lot of moving around and viewing the planet. It is an isolate language meaning we know of no other languages that relate to it ancestrally. But in case you need a little convincing, let me elaborate.
Where version 3 drew upon 36 sources, version 4 draws upon 96. About 2000 bce, sumerian was replaced as a spoken language by semitic akkadian assyrobabylonian. First of all, the language that the extraterrestrial used in the fourth kind is sumerian. The book is also full of examples of grammatical forms and constructions. There are two sumerian messages in the movie, the first one can be heard in the scene where abbey listens to her recorder left on during her encounter with the aliens 0. The fourth kind is just such a movie and i felt it was important to see it opening. In 1972, a scale of measurement was established for alien encounters. However, fourth kind is far more aggressive, flatout daring the audience to believe this alien abduction tale. He identifies the language in the recordings as sumerian. This section is the initial introduction to sumerian vocabulary, phonology. The sumerian people spoke the language of ancient sumer. Recall that sumer caused akkad to conform to cuneiform writing systemakkadians simply retained the. In the 3rd millennium bce, the sumerian and akkadian languages influenced each other from widespread bilingualism.
Aug 10, 2011 the sumerian elite called themselves ung sang gigga, or the black headed people. Dec 23, 2011 daxter and his friends replay one of the skits in the book. Ever since decipherment, it has been the subject of much effort to relate it to a wide variety of languages. What currently spoken language has adopted most sumerian roots or is most. Awolowa odusami, an expert in ancient languages and called in by campos. Genesis, noahs ark, to name a few, both of these stories existed in sumer 6,000 years before the bible was written. There are two sumerian messages in the movie, the first one can be heard in. The origins of human beings according to ancient sumerian. Sumerians left mesopotamia in 2348 bc when there was a great flood. Nobody knows how the language would have been pronounced. Sumerian version, biblical story of job any idea where i might find a copy of the story, legend of the sumerian job. Why did the aliens in the movie the fourth kind speak in.
Sumerians created an advanced civilization with its own system of elaborate. Here is an analysis of the supposed sumerian messages in the movie. The languages in the table above are identified on the map either by language swahili or by country nigeria for hausa. The fourth kind is just such a movie and i felt it was important to see it opening day to discover what is being presented to the public.
Sumerian is the language of the first laws ever written those of urnamma, 21st century bce and of the earliest literary compositions telling the deeds of legendary kings lugalbanda, enmerkar, gilgamesh. This is the translation of the word fourth to over 80 other languages. Jun 12, 2010 now what it is, is that i am looking for dr awolowa odusami and hes book dead languages sumerian the same guy that is on the fourth kind. Nov 21, 2019 sumerians left mesopotamia in 2348 bc when there was a great flood. Furthermore, this book also deals with the history of the sumerian earlier theories, especially concerning the verbal system, the most difficult chapter of sumerian grammar, are discussed. In the 3rd millineum bc, a close cultural simbiosis developed bettwen the sumarians and akkadians, so many were bilingual. Oct 05, 2015 in his book the ancient language of the chaldeans and the turanian languages from phonetics to the noun suffixes, almost entirely relying on the logic and pronunciation of the hungarian language, he continued his research into the comparison between the sumerian and the turanian languages. So, in sumerian, the possessives are suffixed just like the plural suffix. The fourth kind is a 2009 american science fiction psychological thriller film directed by. Sumerian is distinguished from other languages of the area such as hebrew, akkadian, which also comprises babylonian and assyrian, and aramaic, which are semitic languages, and elamite, which may be an elamodravidian language.
The book of genesis was then cited by the film to verify the much more ancient sumerian claims. Sumerian is the earliest documented language in mesopotamia, and perhaps the world. The finished book, with an official publication date of december 10, 2006, has 6,400 entries in 336 pages. Do you know how to say fourth in different languages. In the movie the fourth kind, the hypothesis that sumarian language was brought by an alien civilization. Sumerian is classified as an agglutinative language with split ergativity. For example, the twentyseventh book of the old testament is daniel, which is regarded by many biblical scholars as being more apocalyptic in nature than prophetic. The sumerian language was spoken in southern mesopotamia before the 2nd millennium bce and was the first language to be written in the cuneiform script. Sumeriangrammarlesson two possessives wikibooks, open. These books can take me from 2 to 10 hours to create. But there is no need, as there is no indication that nibiru or anything else will destroy the. Langsux native tongue is a language isolate that was spoken and written in sumer, southern mesopotamia modernday iraq.
Alien abduction flick the fourth kind bills itself as containing actual footage. Long after it ceased to be spoken as a mother tongue, knowledge of it continued to be maintained as a prestigious part of mesopotamian scholarship until the death of cuneiform writing some two thousand years later. What currently spoken language has adopted most sumerian. After the release of the fourth kind, people on many internet forums have been trying to decipher the aliens sumerian messages portrayed in the movie. I would recommend this book to any person with at least a ba in archaeology and from what i have heard, the book answers questions that might be of use to researchers of the sumerian archaeology, writing, culture, history, development of civilization, the legal system, the possibility that the sumerians may have developed a government close in. This is widely considered by my peers to be the holy grail of dead languages, but we havent deciphered the entire lexicon. After campos is unable to draw an further conclusions in regression session with tyler and calls in a language expert after hearing an unidentifiable language recorded. If you were to accept this film at face value, you would be left in no doubt whatsoever that these disappearances were the result of close. The sumerian creation myth can be found on a tablet in nippur, an ancient mesopotamian city founded in approximately 5000 bc.
Saying fourth in other foreign languages please find below many ways to say fourth in different languages. While you are learning about the anunnaki, there is one name which you are going to encounter again and again. The last one that came closest was communion, the witney strieber case, but this film backs up the victims claims with actualacted audio and video footage in split screen format. Many horror films deal either directly or indirectly with the fear of religion.
Book of daniel, another borrowed myth time frames and taboo. Ir 15 native tongue is the language of ancient sumer and a language isolate that was spoken in mesopotamia modernday iraq. Book of daniel, another borrowed myth b iblical stories are never really sequential. The clip ancient sumerian from the fourth kind 2009 i thought it was akkadian, but its not. It could explain some of the textbooks, however, now that i think about it. When evidence is collected, it is known as an encounter of the second kind. What is surprising here is that there is a creation legend in korea that says their country started. Sumerian has an agglutinative morphology, based on suffixes for nominal marking, and on prefixes and suffixes for making verb forms.
Furthermore, this book also deals with the history of the sumerian language and its use in literary and religious texts in the old babylonian period when it. Some of these decipheriments have been pure quesses, but few people have seemingly really tried to translate them by using various sumerian lexicons found from the internet. Theres nothing special or different, its just a choice. What about the sumerian language and the sumerian people. Sumerian is an isolate, that is, it is not related to any other language or language family, a fact that adds to its intriguing nature. However most of these translations are in serious conflict with the sumerian grammar. An afrocentricist might argue this must mean that they were black but, to be honest, anyone apart from most north and west europeans could make a good claim to being blackheaded, in the sense of having dark hair.
The book concentrates on those languages that have been in some form or another globally influential. Some languages, like sumerian, choose to use a suffix instead. Although there are some theories that sumerian is a member of the uralic languages like hungarian and finnish, or other language families, this is a. It is an ergative language, marking with the ergative case the. Sumerians never died out, there language became infused with the akkadian language a. Its not onehundred percent uptodate on theory, but its a great reference to have. Book of daniel, another borrowed myth time frames and. For example, the twentyseventh book of the old testament is daniel, which is regarded by many biblical scholars as.