Dear Danny:

Try this:

http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Forum/2803/c-SUMERIAN-5.htm

Pat

PATRICK C. RYAN | PROTO-LANGUAGE@... (501) 227-9947 * 9115 W. 34th St. Little Rock, AR 72204-4441 USA WEBPAGES: PROTO-LANGUAGE: http://www.geocities.com/proto-language/ and PROTO-RELIGION: http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Forum/2803/proto-religion/indexR.html "Veit ec at ec hecc, vindgá meiði a netr allar nío, geiri vndaþr . . . a þeim meiþi, er mangi veit, hvers hann af rótom renn." (Hávamál 138)

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From: <jdcroft@...>
To: <nostratic@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2001 10:10 PM
Subject: [nostratic] Re: Sumerian


> Pat wrote
>
> > Dear Danny:
> >
> > I subscribe to the view that Sumerian is a branch of Nostratic.
> >
> > I believe it is probable that Sumerian is an attempt, by
> Caucasian-speaking people, to adapt to PAA.
> >
> > For some possible connections, you might want to visit:
> >
> > http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Forum/2803/c-Sumerian-5.htm
> >
> > I do not know if this will be any more convincing to you but I would
> be glad for your feedback.
>
> Pat I tried to access the website you mentioned but could not get
> through.
>
> Regarding your Caucasian origins for Sumerian understanding PAA, how
> does this relate to Samuel Noah Kramer's belief regarding a substrate
> language beneath Sumerian, particularly effecting River names,
> geographic place names, agricultural words and major crafts? He
> considers proto-Sumerian to be confined to governance, religious and
> military spheres.
>
> This would be typical of a "lugal" takeover by a military elite, as
> Thorklid Jacobsen and Kramer both hypothesize occurred in the
> transition from Ubaid to early Uruk phase.
>
> Interested in the thoughts of anyone on these matters
>
> Regards
>
> John
>
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