The Akkadian language gradually replaced Sumerian as a spoken language. In the millennium that followed, the Sumerian civilization flourished and with it their language.Дuring the 24 th century BC, northern and southern Mesopotamia were unified under the Akkadians, who created the worldвЂ™s first empire. This language emerged in the Sumerian civilization, which was based in southern Mesopotamia (modern day southern Iraq), and was first attested around 3100 BC. The Sumerian language is considered to be a language isolate, which means that there is currently no known language related to it. Once the Sumerian language was deciphered, much information could be obtained from these tablets.Д¬uneiform script of the Sumerian tablet. One of the consequences of this is that a large number of Sumerian clay tablets have survived over the millennia and have been unearthed by archaeologists. Documents and text were inscribed by the Sumerians on clay tablets, which has the advantage of greater durability than paper. The Sumerians, however, did not invent paper and used a different medium for their cuneiform script. In the modern world, paper (and various electronic devices) is the medium on which writing is made. This language was written in a script known as cuneiform, which was later adapted by other languages that emerged in Mesopotamia and its neighboring regions, including Akkadian, Elamite, and Hittite.

The Sumerian language was developed in ancient Mesopotamia and is the oldest known written language.

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