Evidence · Unread cuneiform: half a million tablets and the limits of Sumerian
Mainstream opinion rejects Euphratic, chiefly because Indo-European is not expected in fourth-millennium Iraq and the…
Mainstream opinion rejects Euphratic, chiefly because Indo-European is not expected in fourth-millennium Iraq and the proposed matches are not systematic; Whittaker himself reports that Rubio rejected it.
What it means
Key questionWhat about the Sumerian language itself is still unknown after 170 years of study?
No answer ahead yet
Openunchanged
Part of itDoes Sumerian have any demonstrable relative or substratum, or is it an isolate?
4 answers, none ahead yet
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Still possibleunchanged
Sources 2
Sumerian language (Wikipedia article)
SRCcontributors 2026
The Sumerian Question: Reviewing the Issues
SRCWhittaker 2005
Cite it
Mysteries Department. (2026). Mainstream opinion rejects Euphratic, chiefly because Indo-European is not expected in fourth-millennium Iraq and the… [Evidence EVD0DEDYWEH6TNJ]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/EVD0DEDYWEH6TNJ
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