Fw: [language-origins] Origin of the Sumerian language

From: Geraldine Reinhardt
Message: 21324
Date: 2003-04-28

Glen, Piotr, or anyone,
 
Any truth to the following that Sumerian was more closely related to Finnish than to I-E or Semitic?
 
Gerry
 
 
----- Original Message -----
From: Leif Ekblad
To: language-origins@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, April 28, 2003 5:18 AM
Subject: [language-origins] Origin of the Sumerian language

Hi,

I'm just reading "Sumerian mythology" by Samuel Noah Kramer. He claims that
the Sumerians  language was not related to indo-european or semitic
languages,
rather to the finish language family. Is this belief still prevalent among
linguistics?

Leif,
I will forward this post to my pals over on Cybalist and Nostratica and see what they can offer.
 
Gerry






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