# A creole origin for Sumerian has been proposed on a handful of typological features and has little support.

> A creole origin for Sumerian has been proposed on a handful of typological features and has little support.

Source: https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/unread-cuneiform/evidence/EVD0DEDYZ9EZMZP/a-creole-origin-for-sumerian-has-been-proposed-on-a-handful  
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[Unread cuneiform: half a million tablets and the limits of Sumerian](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/unread-cuneiform)Evidence

Evidence · Unread cuneiform: half a million tablets and the limits of Sumerian

# A creole origin for Sumerian has been proposed on a handful of typological features and has little support.

A creole origin for Sumerian has been proposed on a handful of typological features and has little support.

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## 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[None of these.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/unread-cuneiform/answers/ANS0DEDX0BCR340/none-of-these)

Bears onnone for, none against

**Still possible** was No evidence yet

## Sources 1

[Sumerian language (Wikipedia article)](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDJNJFJGDJ/sumerian-language-wikipedia-article)

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## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). A creole origin for Sumerian has been proposed on a handful of typological features and has little support. [Evidence EVD0DEDYZ9EZMZP]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/EVD0DEDYZ9EZMZP
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