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cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "S.Kalyanaraman <kalyan97@...>"
<kalyan97@...> wrote:
> In a contact area of IVC, across the gulf, there are some hints
that
> a substrate language may explain Sumerian words: <Snip>
nangar 'carpenter'
<Snip>
What's the syllabification here? The word looks very like Semitic
*naggar- 'carpenter', e.g. Hebrew _naggar_, Arabic _najjar_. To add
to the confusion, Babylonian optionally used a nasal to indicate
gemination.
Richard.