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How did Sumerian indicate plural nouns?
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In the Sumerian language, plural nouns were indicated through two primary methods:
- Suffixes: Plurality could be marked by adding specific suffixes to the noun, including -me (or -me + -esh), -hia, and -ene.1
- Reduplication: Plurality could also be expressed by repeating the noun, such as kur + kur to mean "mountains."1