Gutian language
| Gutian | |
|---|---|
| Qutian | |
| Region | Zagros Mountains? |
| Ethnicity | Gutian people |
| Era | 22nd century BCE |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
None (mis) |
| Glottolog | guti1235 |
The Gutian language (/ˈɡuːtiən/; also Qutian) was spoken by the Gutian people, who briefly ruled over Sumer as the Gutian dynasty in the 22nd century BCE. The Gutians lived in the territory between the Zagros and the Tigris in present-day Iranian and Iraqi Kurdistan. Nothing is known about the language except its existence and a list of names of Gutian rulers in the Sumerian king list.
Gutian is included in a list of languages spoken in the region found in the Sag B tablet, an educational text from the Middle Babylonian period possibly originating from the city of Emar. This text also lists Akkadian, Amorite, Sutean, "Subarean" (Hurrian), and Elamite. There is also a mention of "an interpreter for the Gutean language" in a tablet from Adab.
The Gutian king names from the Sumerian list are Inkišuš, Zarlagab, Šulme (or Yarlagaš), Silulumeš (or Silulu), Inimabakeš (or Duga), Igešauš (or Ilu-An), Yarlagab, Ibate, Yarla (or Yarlangab), Kurum, Apilkin, Lā-erabum, Irarum, Ibranum, Hablum, Puzur-Suen, Yarlaganda and Tirigan.Thorkild Jacobsen suggested that the recurring ending -(e)š may have had a grammatical function in the Gutian language, perhaps as a case marker.
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