One reason "why not" might be because all cultures or groups were
connected. However, if Sumer were a "city of the gods" then this
wouldn't necessarily be the case.

Gerry

--- In Nostratica@yahoogroups.com, Miguel Carrasquer <mcv@...> wrote:
> On Fri, 06 Jun 2003 21:10:10 +0000, Gerry <waluk@...> wrote:
>
> >Is this view (that Sumerian was a linguistic isolate) also held by
> >those on Cybalist? Has there been any conjecture why Sumerian is
an
> >isolate?
>
> Why not?
>
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