Re: Basque/Georgian

John:

>This proposal contradicts the evidence of the Sumerians themselves >that
>they came from Dilmun (Bahrein), and settled first at Eridu (the most
>southern Sumerian city), and did not settle further north >than Kish.

The Sumerians are the starting point of this steppe expansion. Anything
could have happened to the Pre-Sumerian language once the rest of the
Eurasiatic-speakers dispersed eastwards. I don't understand your
disagreement.

>The Sumerians arrived over a pre-Sumerian substratum (which may have
>been closer to Elamic), for which place names, agricultural products
>and a number of professions all give evidence.

I'm not sure why you think that this is "Elamic" but could you list some of
these terms? Why are they considered foreign again?

- gLeN


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