Between this and things like Steven Pinker making his Harvard Psychology lectures from his course available for free (among numerous other examples) Social Media truly is what you make of it. Sure you can watch flat earthers doing (failed) experiments and somehow fall victim to it, but those of us that comprehend the scientific method enough to at least recognize when it is or isn't being applied it truly can be a golden age of information/education. I'm not sure if messages to this video still get noticed or anything but allow me to add my voice (figuratively of course 🙃) to the many here already and say with the utmost sincerity and gratitude... Thank You!

@DigitalHammurabi

3 жыл бұрын

We definitely noticed your comment :-) Thank you so much!!

@andrewjoslin1162

2 жыл бұрын

Have you seen Stanford's Behavioral Biology lecture series from Robert Sapolsky? You mentioned a psych lecture series, so I thought you might enjoy Sapolsky's series if you haven't yet seen it...

@LapsedSkeptic

2 жыл бұрын

@@andrewjoslin1162 perhaps in passing only, but the idea of Stanford content in general is intriguing. Psychology is not a particular interest of mine specifically, I just enjoyed that Pinker's seemed truly ripped right from each session in his school year. I will certainly take a peak, greatly appreciate the suggestion.

@DAYBROK3

2 жыл бұрын

jackson crawford's old norse videos are great too

@yuri-cr2of

4 ай бұрын

😊​@@LapsedSkeptic

Videos like this are a public service.

@iberius9937

5 жыл бұрын

I completely agree. Any video on ancient languages, done well, is a service to all, especially lovers of anthropology, linguistics and history overall.

@srikrishnak196

3 жыл бұрын

Yes bro. This is a priceless treasure for me. I wanted to read sumerian and now my dream has come true

@splnter648

2 жыл бұрын

Indeed

@OsamasStory

Жыл бұрын

IKR! 😢

Although education has become a business these days, you people preserved the real essence of it. Thank You so Much!

@ShidaiTaino

3 жыл бұрын

Sneha education was always a business and was meant for the very rich for most of society

@PeterNjeim

3 жыл бұрын

@@ShidaiTaino this 100%. Don't know why the video creator pinned such an ignorant comment.

@riyadanabtawi4059

3 жыл бұрын

Sooo trueee! Thankyouuu

@angamaitesangahyando685

3 жыл бұрын

@@PeterNjeim Education used to be for the rich, and now has turned to propaganda using the literacy campaigns with the rise of democracy such as in Salafi Islam or Juche Korea. (No value judgements, pls.) - Adûnâi

Me: *Listening to ground rules 4:17 * "Good point, learning this language will take a lot of time, practice and patience." Also me after Lesson 1: "On this day...I alone possess the wisdom and skill to cross the dimensions and come face to face with 𒀭𒂗𒆤 himself, and single-handedly I shall avenge mankind once and for all." (Seriously though, I'm excited to learn! Thanks so much for this!)

@PetalsAndMetal

3 жыл бұрын

How did you type in cuneiform?

@i.c.rivera154

3 жыл бұрын

Sunday Butter House Hi ☺️ well you can just copy and paste it from google, or download keyboard app with unicodes.

You don't know how proud I feel now because my ancestors are Sumerians and I yearn for them in my blood and came to learn their language. ❤

Sumerian is structurally different from any other language we know of on Earth. Thank you so much, for teaching others how to read this amazing language.

@DigitalHammurabi

5 жыл бұрын

You’re so welcome!

@sanjana250

4 жыл бұрын

Try researching on Tamil, you will find many similarities between them

@redpillscience1288

3 жыл бұрын

@@sanjana250 genetic links too... They are believed to be Dravidian

@m.sparks4394

3 жыл бұрын

According to the history of my native tribe (Meru), my ancestors were Sumerians ❤

@ra8682ra

3 жыл бұрын

@@m.sparks4394 In Tanzania or Kenya?

When the student is ready; the teacher will appear....

@GaryMcKinnonUFO

5 жыл бұрын

"Experience is a hard teacher, She gives the test first and the lesson afterward." That's a quote from a US Football player.

@Atlas-pn6jv

5 жыл бұрын

well, I must be ready, because I have been just looking around at Sumerian on Wikipedia. Then, a week since I have looked at anything Sumerian, my teacher appears on KZread.

@setsunasakamoto5567

5 жыл бұрын

@@GaryMcKinnonUFO I realised that if I learned this I can writte and No one not even the Teacher will understand this. So I will used this to an advantage.

@hildasumer7065

5 жыл бұрын

@@GaryMcKinnonUFO But it's always a hard test and most people not get the lesson from first test

@GaryMcKinnonUFO

5 жыл бұрын

@@hildasumer7065 Yes the first test is the hardest, then people become stronger and can put up with further testing ;+}

Many years ago, I met a cuneiform scholar named Cornelia Wunsch and was fascinated by her knowledge and her work - thank you for this doorway as a way to begin to understand even a little bit of what she does. I appreciate it very much!

These videos are proof of how beautiful and amazing the use of technology can be… technology doesn’t have to be EVIL all the time!

I've always had a interest in Ancient languages. Thank you for sharing this

@sushmita9040

4 жыл бұрын

try looking into Tamil. Its fascinating.

@Rolando_Cueva

2 жыл бұрын

@@sushmita9040 Ancient Tamil or Modern Tamil?

ھاي اول حلقة اشوفھا وانصدمت صراحة كعراقيين نستخدم نصف ھاي الكلمات بحياتنا اليومية

As an iraqi myself i am dedicated to learn my old language, my heritage!

@DigitalHammurabi

2 жыл бұрын

We're so glad to have you with us!

@annpenso7299

Жыл бұрын

❤

@ALBULENA953

Жыл бұрын

Aren t sumerians kurds? I don t think they were arabic

@lfwj

Жыл бұрын

@@ALBULENA953 no, they where probably from Bahrain, while the Kurds are indo-european.

@ALBULENA953

Жыл бұрын

@@lfwj arent they also indo European

Interesting, I love to learn new things like this. I’m in my early 70s and have this year taught myself, successfully I might add, Pittman’s Shorthand via the Internet. Now I have discovered this course, Wow! I shall certainly enjoy this, as I have always been interested in Ancient History throughout my life. What a fantastic challenge. Thank You for presenting this course.

I remember going into a Blockbuster when DVDs were coming out and asking if they were hiring DVD rewinders. The clerk actually asked the manager. She laughed at him and said no. BTW, Love the lesson. Thank you.

@GaryMcKinnonUFO

5 жыл бұрын

DVD Jokes, in the 21st century? Kinda funny though :)

American here, humbled and thankful to be learning this language 👣

Well done DH on creating a series of videos that make Sumerian attainable for beginners!

Thank you!! I am a homeschool mom teaching ancient sumarian and cuniform to my 11 children! What a gift this is!❤

As a fellow language teacher, I cannot tell you how highly I admire you both and how appreciative I am. My eyes are watering a little bit. Thank you with utmost sincerity!

I have a few pieces of literature on Sumerian Cuneiform Grammar, Syntax, etc., but really wasn't making much progress. Thank you for your work, truly. I'll be binge watching for a while!

@milekrizman

2 жыл бұрын

Sumerian lexicon from Halloran and grammar?

Omg thank you very much for teaching! I really wanted to learn but never had a chance before

I hit the Subscribe button so fast that time actually stopped!!

Lol “be kind rewind” 😂🤣😂🤣being able to relate or make a joke while teaching is very important because it makes the person learning enjoy it more and pay more attention..love teachers like you..only had a few teachers in my life that realized how important that was and went outside of the box and made us laugh.👍🏽

Is anyone else finding this surprisingly easy to follow?

Herrschaftes Vorträglein, das der Herr Profesor da uns gab. Ich bedanke mich sehr bei Ihm.

Thank you for making this information available to the masses at no cost. I'm excited to begin my journey to try and learn Sumerian. Your videos are going to be an enormous help!

@DigitalHammurabi

5 жыл бұрын

You are so welcome, please let us know if you have any questions!

Thank you so much for the effort of making this videos avaible to everyone, specially when there are so many self-claimed specialists out there making stupid claims about the language and culture. I was almost being dragged by all this BS of Ancient Astronauts, but gladly I found this content to save me. Thank you again and I'm excited to keep learning seriously. Regards from Brazil!

This is so awesome. You're teaching style is great. Now I'm gonna spend this quarantine time learning Sumerian! Thanks so much for sharing this! It's a great service to the public

I am proud that I am learning that the first person to invent writing and language, the Sumerians, and that I was also born in their place, the place of the Sumerians in southern Iraq. Thank you.🤍

OMG - you're absolutely awesome for having this!!!! Thank you so very, very much.

love the book and what seems unreachable be obtainable. I finally got over my doubt and have spent most of the day studying. thank you, you have given me an outlet that my time and effort is going to be well spent in more ways I can imagine and looking forward to discovering it for myself

Omg! Thank youuu so much!!! I'm so glad that your giving out this information for free! This is amazing!!! Thank you so much again for your hard work!!!

Hi Thank you for the work you given out for free. My main problem is reading the text.

Dr. Josh, thanks for posting. Making knowledge accessible is such a great thing. Thank you!

Thank you for preserving something so valuable to History. What a beautiful and majestic language. I'm happy to see a playlist on the side-bar out of the corner of my eye, and I'd love to learn more.

Immediately subscribed. This is really an elevation for my personal improvement . Thank you so much 🙏

@DigitalHammurabi

5 жыл бұрын

Victor Samuel We are so happy to have you with us!!

The beauty of technology is that you can edit out the frivolous information. Lol. I look forward to seeing and learning a lot more.

Thank you sir I didn't even think this would be available to anyone except stichin . May the universe truly bless and prosper you for doing this for us low folks who can't afford this stuff . Thank you

Thank you for posting this! I've been searching for a course like this for a while now! Because you were asking in the beginning: "e" is pronounced like "ay" in "day" but without the "y" at the end. This is the German pronunciation of the letter "E." If I am not mistaken, German archeologists started the research on Sumerian/Akkadian grammar and later researchers just took over the terms used rather than translating them into English. Keep this up PLEASE : )

This is amazing. I really relate to the surreal feeling of being able to look at something very ancient, that few remember how to read, and step back in time into the shoes of the people who put it there to be read. I felt the same way after trekking through the Swedish forests to find obscure, unfrequented rune stones after learning to read Runic Swedish and Proto-Germanic, and reading words that had only been understood by a handful of people in the last millennium or so. Of course, those stones are not nearly as old as the Sumerian ones, but any forgotten language is a beautiful thing to resurrect.

@DigitalHammurabi

5 жыл бұрын

It is absolutely a wonderful feeling :)

Been here for five minutes and secrets of the universe have just been revealed to me !!! WOW !!! Thanks !!! I'm Kidding !

Dude the amount of blessings you deserve!!!! Thank you so much for this you are literally helping me in my journey !!!! Bless you and your soul !!!! You are the goat!

Thank you so much for sharing this knowledge 🙏🏼 I think ancient languages should become classes at school too, so we all could connect and understand history. Best wishes from Brasil!

I genuinely appreciate your videos and lecture, a huge thank you!

Their language look like east-Asian languages. Your lecture are great. I cant find word to thanks u both.

@motro1301

3 жыл бұрын

As a east asian myself it looks nothing like my language.

@senseypires8817

3 жыл бұрын

@@motro1301 i guess you are not a korean or japanes.

@motro1301

3 жыл бұрын

@@senseypires8817 no, im korean

@senseypires8817

3 жыл бұрын

​@@motro1301 acording to Turkish Language Society The closest language to this language is Turkish also this Society today still accept altaic language family (korean japanes and turkish) first of all German and English linguists suggested that this language is of Altaic origin, but that wasn't certain, SO turkish Language Society collected and studied all the Sumerian tablets(today most of them at turkey) they thought this language was of altai origin, BUT This information is not available except turkey because altaic language family was debated in the 1950s, and in the 1960s it became controversial and uncertain around the world. It was accepted from the 19th century until the 1960s(i do not know what happened at 1950,s and 60,s)

Thank you so much, sir! You contribution to public science and education is enormous!

Hi, Dr. Joshua Bowen, I've become interested in ancient languages. The first language I'll try to learn will be Sumerian. Thanks for video. :)

You can think aloud. KZread is an entertainment platform and people's lives, believe it or not, are interesting!

I may be a bit late but I dont feel so left behind anymore great video thank you for taking the time to share

I love language! I have been studying my ancestral language of Bodewadmi (Potawatomi) for several years now. My people are originally from the area around Lake Michigan, and our language is fascinating and extremely rich. I am very excited to delve in to this most ancient of written languages, and see what treasures it has for us!! I have already purchased your first and second books, and will be working through them. Thank you so much for these resources for all of us language geeks!! Blessings to you!! :)

I was so surprised to find this. I thought I'd have to go through thousands of websites or try buying books. Thank you so much for making this

just started. thank you for making it simple and interesting.

Finally! A way to learn this language! Thanks so much for this! Now I can finally know more other than the opening verses of the epic of Gilgamesh

this made me so happy i love to learn for the sake of knowledge and growth !!! bless u

This is such a gift. Thank you!

great to learn this language of people you live on their lands now, thanks

Thank you so much for this introductory lesson.

Absolutely amazing. Thank you!

I appreciate that you have taken the time to make such an informative video and uploaded it at no cost to us. I don't want to seem ungrateful, but I feel I should point something out. When you talk, you tend to make all kinds of digressions away from the topic at hand, making it difficult to follow you. You may refer to topics and then stop, explaining that you'll discuss it later. Sometimes you talk around a topic without getting to the point. I would really love to see you be more direct. Please don't feel that I am ungrateful for all the work you have done to present this interesting subject. I know it takes a lot of time and effort, and I also know that I probably couldn't do any better.

@DigitalHammurabi

5 жыл бұрын

Hi Baruch! Thank you for that. Yeah, you are absolutely right. The series has gotten better as we have come along with our production. So glad you are with us!!

Thanks for sharing this video! I am following the course in Memrise and hope I ll make it to the end!

I have decided on some methodology for once and intend on learning all that you will teach. Scribbling notes in one cheap notebook, writing it out properly in a more exquisite one, and making flash cards for the vocabulary. Should also grab any books you two recommend, and I have noted that learning german somehow helps with understanding the technical terms. Memorizing the cuneiform script will be a tough task though.

Great video. Looking forward to going through the series and learning Sumarian. I spent a lot of time learning Egyptian hieroglyphics and want to see if it connects

I am an Arab from Syria residing in Germany. I love history. I recently learned that the language of the jinn is the Sumerian language, and I have become curious to learn something about it, but after this first lesson, I feel as if I am living in Babylon, and I feel that I will quickly learn from you this wonderful language. Your style is wonderful. Please continue and give us Lessons and vocabulary, and do not hold back, your style is wonderful and it made me attracted to this language. Please continue

@user-gh1zn4yr9f

5 ай бұрын

هذه اللغة هي للغة العراق

@samjin7312

3 ай бұрын

​@@user-gh1zn4yr9fبابل العراق

I'm late to the party, but just started studying archaeology and got really invested in cuneiform. Love your videos and you and your wife seem to be really nice people. Thanks for putting these videos up for free :)

Great video thanks. I'm gonna probably have to watch it 2 more times and take notes. I like physical copies so i'm gonna hand write my own flash cards. Thank you for this will be following. I am gonna check out patreon account also.

Thank you so much for these videos, just starting out learning this but this is very helpful! I'm also amazed at how similar sumerian is in a number of ways to a conlang i created, very interesting

Thank you Dr. Josh. What an amazing subject.

It is interesting that people around the world study a language from my country Iraq and we as Iraqi don't!

@filiusreticulum2926

5 жыл бұрын

Sumerian culture is the oldest culture we have records of. That makes it a common good of everybody because no civilisation would exist without it. Sumerians are credited with many inventions and had highly advanced medicine. I really wish to visit Iraq and Iran at some stage in my life.

@user-re3zu1yj3z

5 жыл бұрын

ברוך אתה אח שלי, אני גם אוהב שומרית!

@omarmaaroof9621

5 жыл бұрын

@@user-re3zu1yj3z i wish i can translate it

@sanjana250

4 жыл бұрын

Iraq Or uruk as they say . . . We in Tamil call ‘Ur’ is place. And Uruk is as per ancient Sumeria their land or place, so many languages cross over wonderful!

@mahadeva666

4 жыл бұрын

love your culture and something about resonates with me. it upsets me and angers me that artifacts were destroyed or pillaged out to the highest bidder. I think it means a lot to the world to have that knowledge it will bring unity and understanding. there is no denying your ancestors influenced the world in so many ways.

Very much appreciate these lessons, Thanks !

The sumero-akkadian cuneiform-signs are also available via unicode within the range of 12000-123FF. So Control-Shift-U + 12000 gives 𒀀 for example.

@charlesclements4350

5 жыл бұрын

Andreas H: I tried the control-shift-u and got a error buzz before I could hit the plus sign. Could you give more information, please?

@andreash.2336

5 жыл бұрын

Hello Charles, you have to push control-shift-u at once in a first step and then the additional number in a second (here any combination between 12000 and 123FF). The +sign is not necessary.

@charlesclements4350

5 жыл бұрын

O.K. I'll try that next time, thank you.

@inspire734

4 жыл бұрын

@@andreash.2336 Doesn't work for me at all.

@andreash.2336

4 жыл бұрын

@inspire734 What doesn't Work for you? I Just tried it again and all wenn fine. It should work because it's Unicode. You have to press enter after typing in the code. That finally lets the wanted sign appear.

I understand how you felt reading through the glass. I studied Old Church Slavic in grad school. When I would visit old sites in Russia and was able to read what was written on the walls of the ancient churches or, like you did, read through the glass an old manuscript it was quite the feeling.

This is incredible, amazing work. Thank you so so much! I have the other books and resources (preparing for a university course) and kept hitting the same roadblock over and over. After just Lesson 1 all of those difficulties are cleared. It is incredibly helpful to have someone actually talk through the concepts. PS I cant believe the ridiculous "criticism" on this video, I rather enjoy knowing there is an actual person behind this and not just a computer. This series is a game-changer. Thank you.

@DigitalHammurabi

4 жыл бұрын

crumbcake Thank you so much!! There is a companion grammar to go along with it on Amazon that we wrote. I think the link is in the video description. If you happen to already have it, would you mind leaving your comment here as a review? That would be incredibly helpful! Please let us know if we can help!! Josh

@crumbcake9101

4 жыл бұрын

@@DigitalHammurabi thank you for your message! I initially thought I couldn't get the book on Amazon Germany (which as it turns out was because it auto-translated the title. I should have searched by author instead), but now on second try I found it, and I'm definitely picking it up. I'd be happy to leave a review!

So excited to get this video. Thank you DH

The Chinese writing system has kept a similar system for thousands of years. Simple logograms represent natural items, like fire, water, wood, sun, moon. e.g. 木 is wood. Many logograms can turn into determinatives when they are placed on the side (mostly left) , top, or bottom of a more complicated character. e。材 means wood-log. Logograms can also be only syllables to help pronunciation. e.g. 沐 means bathing

Thank you so much for this Excellent video!!

Great! I wanted to learn sumerian but the grammars I saw were very daunting - this has really made it so much easier to get into! I will be following this series intently.

@DigitalHammurabi

5 жыл бұрын

Fantastic, I’m glad we can help! Josh has also just finished drafting a book intended to accompany this video series, which may be of interest 😁 we’ll publicize it when it’s available!

@caelmarquard

5 жыл бұрын

@@DigitalHammurabi very nice! I will look out for it

"Be kind, rewind" Hahahaha I'm older than dirt, and this would mean 15 minutes to rewind a one hour tape back in the olden days. :) I rewound. Watching this multiple times has already helped, especially after seeing some of your other videos. Thanks! You Two are doing something very good for all who are interested!

@DigitalHammurabi

6 жыл бұрын

I remember VCR tapes...we used to drive my mum crazy as kids because we'd never rewind. I'm really glad that you found it interesting, we are having so much fun doing this!

Thanks for this video! I don’t know if I’ll be able to give enough time to study this properly, but if I can just pick up a little understanding of ancient texts it will be worth it. One thing I’ve always been puzzled by is how do we know how these ancient symbols were pronounced, if the language hasn’t been spoken for several centuries?

Much appreciated. Originally I was looking for information on Ugaritic language, which led to Akkadian, which led to Sumerian. For some odd reason, the Sumerian is (so far) much easier for me to learn. Maybe the resources are just better;) Your channel is a gods-send, so thank you!

@motro1301

3 жыл бұрын

How do you learn ugaritic?

This is awesome, thank you for taking the time.

@DigitalHammurabi

5 жыл бұрын

We are in the process of editing Learn to Read Ancient Sumerian, the book that will cover the material in these videos in more detail (with more exercises and explanations). It should be good :-)

Thank you sir . I appreciate you

I some how landed on this. Just like to say thank you for putting this up and secondly thanks for you wisdom and stories. Its such a natural and calming experience of teaching and on the receiving end of learning :)

@DigitalHammurabi

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for joining us!! Please let me know I we can help in any way! :-)

@jeanpierrefrenchie

5 жыл бұрын

Well...kinda did have a question to pick your brain on. Can i email you?

@DigitalHammurabi

5 жыл бұрын

Please do!!

Thanks you did an excellent job.

Wonderful! I got your book as well. I think these videos complement the book well.

I'm assyrian and my gf is about to start her masters learning cuneiform at University of Chicago. She's really excited and I'm excited for her.

when you were talking about Reduplication the first thing that went through my mind was "Unga-shakka, unga-unga-unga-shakka - I-I-I-I-I-I'm hooked on a feeling! I'm high on believing- that you're in love with me!"

thank you so much

This is so real. I appreciate what’s been said here.

what a great video, thank a lot.... I am currently doing the homework you assigned

Love the caution at the beginning.

Thank you very much for this video

So glad I found this channel!

Love this class

thank you so much for this!!!

Hey, amazing work. You can explain much better than my university professers! Thanks!

@quarkproton6180

3 жыл бұрын

Can you do a Series for Akkadian too? Thanks!!

I stumbled across this video. Wow! What an answer to a long awaited prayer.. Though in time passed I attempted on self directed learning Biblical Hebrew, I realized the value of a teacher. I Wonder if you teach on-line Hebrew classes. If you do I would like to know how I may be able to excess. I enjoyed my first Sumerian class. Thank you so much.

You should sell Sumerian cuneiform flash cards. I used flash cards to learn the elements when I was in college Chemistry. It works great to learn when you have some time.

This is amazing class, thank you so very much!

@DigitalHammurabi

5 жыл бұрын

You’re welcome, so glad you like it!

Thank you!

Amazing, starting all your lessons today. Always wanted to study Cuneiform. Thanks.

@DigitalHammurabi

4 жыл бұрын

I'm so glad :D

This is amazing! Got here after searching about the symbols on the album cover of the new Nightwish album "Human :ll: Nature".

@DigitalHammurabi

4 жыл бұрын

We're glad you found us!

@motro1301

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah i dont know why but lot of metal albums seems to be fascinated with sumerian, mainly because what was once demons of sumer and babylon influenced the demonology of the bible and modern satanists and goth people. At least its making sumerian cool.

@fercam5187

3 жыл бұрын

@@motro1301 well... metal is not satanist. At least Nightwish isn't. Generally metal is fascinated by the origins of civilizations, language and socities.

@motro1301

3 жыл бұрын

@@fercam5187 yeah im aware that not all metal is necessarily satanist(and im not claiming metal is bad either). I was just refering to examples that this might possibly be the connection(or influences). It can be also neopaganism or celtic stuff. Im not that ignorant cause im also a metal fan but there were a lot of instances trying to reclaiming whats lost in modern western culture like sumerians celtics or gauls and that branch was just one of the examples that i know. And metal albums always had cool album covers.