# Whittaker presents about 200 proposed loanwords and argues that loans can only be demonstrated by identifying a donor…

> Whittaker presents about 200 proposed loanwords and argues that loans can only be demonstrated by identifying a donor language in which they are…

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# Whittaker presents about 200 proposed loanwords and argues that loans can only be demonstrated by identifying a donor…

Whittaker presents about 200 proposed loanwords and argues that loans can only be demonstrated by identifying a donor language in which they are segmentable.

Speculative0

## What it means

Key question[What about the Sumerian language itself is still unknown after 170 years of study?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/unread-cuneiform/questions/QST0DEDT3N5AH6P/what-about-the-sumerian-language-itself-is-still-unknown)

No answer ahead yet

**Open** unchanged

Part of it[Does Sumerian have any demonstrable relative or substratum, or is it an isolate?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/unread-cuneiform/questions/QST0DEDT86CFAB2/does-sumerian-have-any-demonstrable-relative-or-substratum)

4 answers, none ahead yet

**Open** unchanged

Answer this evidence bears on[Whittaker's Euphratic contact language](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/unread-cuneiform/answers/ANS0DEDWYC3NPZ9/whittakers-euphratic-contact-language)

Supports1 for, 1 against

**Still possible** unchanged

## Sources 1

[The Sumerian Question: Reviewing the Issues](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDHQE9W64H/the-sumerian-question-reviewing-the-issues)

Whittaker 2005

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Mysteries Department. (2026). Whittaker presents about 200 proposed loanwords and argues that loans can only be demonstrated by identifying a donor… [Evidence EVD0DEDYX61W8XG]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/EVD0DEDYX61W8XG
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