Dialects The standard variety of Sumerian was (: ). A notable variety or sociolect was (: ), possibly to be interpreted as "fine tongue" or "high-pitched voice". Other apparent terms for registers or dialects were eme-galam "high tongue", eme-si-sa2 "straight tongue", eme-te-na2 "oblique[?] tongue", emesukudda, emesuha, emesidiDelitzsch (1914: 20-21) and emeku. Recently, a regional differentiation into a Northern and a Southern Sumerian dialect area has been posited.
Dialects The standard variety of Sumerian was (: ). A notable variety or sociolect was (: ), possibly to be interpreted as "fine tongue" or "high-pitched voice". Other apparent terms for registers or dialects were eme-galam "high tongue", eme-si-sa2 "straight tongue", eme-te-na2 "oblique[?] tongue", emesukudda, emesuha, emesidiDelitzsch (1914 20-21) and emeku. Recently, a regional differentiation into a Northern and a Southern Sumerian dialect area has been posited.