# Proto-cuneiform records a non-Sumerian language

> Still possible: Proto-cuneiform records a Semitic or other known non-Sumerian language of early Mesopotamia.

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Answer · Proto-cuneiform: the archaic texts of Uruk

# Proto-cuneiform records a non-Sumerian language

Proto-cuneiform records a Semitic or other known non-Sumerian language of early Mesopotamia.

**Still possible** Answers **1** question0

## Where it stands

**Still possible** None pieces of evidence for, one against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- The archaic personal names will match Semitic (or another known) name structures better than Sumerian ones.
- Any secure early phonetic spelling will give a non-Sumerian word.

## What would rule it out

- A secure Sumerian phonetic spelling in Uruk IV or early Uruk III.
- The name corpus matches no known language family better than chance.

## Evidence none for · 1 against

[No reading of the archaic texts as Akkadian or any other known language has succeeded, and the one Akkadian loanword…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/proto-cuneiform/evidence/EVD0DEDXNJXPYX1/no-reading-of-the-archaic-texts-as-akkadian-or-any-other)

Suggestive

AGAINST

## The questions it answers

[What language, if any, do the proto-cuneiform texts record?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/proto-cuneiform/questions/QST0DEDT73JJJ1B/what-language-if-any-do-the-proto-cuneiform-texts-record)

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