Re: [tied] Is Sumerian an Isolate? was: Re: Attention: John Croft

From: Piotr Gasiorowski
Message: 22845
Date: 2003-06-08

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From: Gerry
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Sent: Sunday, June 08, 2003 3:51 PM
Subject: [tied] Is Sumerian an Isolate? was: Re: Attention: John Croft


> Since I cannot reach John Croft, does anyone know the status of Sumerian?
Piotr? Is it an isolate?

Yes, in the sense that any of its proposed external relationships remain
uncertain and purely hypothetical. It has no close cousins among the known
languages.

Piotr

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