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Re: Sumerian Lexicon

From:Kevin Athey <kevindeanathey@...>
Date:Tuesday, March 15, 2005, 0:00
>From: Rob Haden <magwich78@...> > >Well, based on a cursory view of it, I'm skeptical of the rather high >number of words that consist of only one vowel. IIRC, Sumerian is >notorious for its apparent extreme homophony and/or homonymy, but I doubt >that that was actually the case with the language.
As well you should be. This is the reason most Sumerian experts posit tonality in the language. Athey _________________________________________________________________ Don’t just search. Find. Check out the new MSN Search! http://search.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200636ave/direct/01/