Re[2]: [tied] Fw: [language-origins] Origin of the Sumerian language

At 10:34:48 AM on Tuesday, April 29, 2003, João Simões Lopes
Filho wrote:

> Linguistic comparations is still unconclusive, but
> mythological analysis can be a good clue. There's a great
> similarity between Sumerian and Polynesian cosmogony
> (young gods conspirating against their parents - Sky and
> Earth - and separating both.) . Coincidence?

It seems very likely. The motif isn't particularly
surprising, and there's a distinct lack of any linguistic or
historical evidence for a connection, to put it mildly.

Brian