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

--- Piotr Gasiorowski <piotr.gasiorowski@...>
wrote:

> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "William H."
> <hittite1221@...>
>
> > I suggest that the Sumerian language is a
> descendant of the Old
> > European language spoken throughout Hungary and
> Bulgaria. Although
> > it is impossible to compare between the two since
> the Old European
> > script has yet to be deciphered, a close
> comparison between both
> > scripts shows a common link.
>
> Like that between the Rongorongo and the Indus
> Valley script? ;-))
>
> No-one has demonstrated that the "Old European"
> symbols represent a
> script, let alone anything that can be deciphered in
> linguistic terms
> (rather than being ownership marks, crude linear
> drawings, etc.). They
> are so uncharacteristic that, with the help of
> wishful thinking, it's
> easy to see their similarity to anything.
>
> We do not know if the carriers of the Vinc^a culture
> spoke one
> language, and defining "the Old European language"
> on the basis of
> material culture is risky in the extreme. Finally,
> are you aware of
> _any_ evidence permitting one to speculate that the
> Sumerians came to
> Mesopotamia from the Balkans?
>
> Piotr
>
> Piotr
>
> No, I have no evidence to support it, i just thought

it was interesting hypothesis. It is true that a
comparison between Vinca linear marks and other valid
inscriptions like Sumerian and Linear A show many
commonalities and that does not mean they are one in
the same or even the descendants of the language
spoken by the Vinca culture, but I do find it
interesting that the scripts that correspond mosr
closely are the aforementioned ones. Also, close
examination of wall grafitti on Catal Hoyuk indicates
the presence of marks exactly the same as the Old
European so it very well could have travelled from
Bulgaria to Anatolia down into Mesopotamia.


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