Re: articulatory symbolism

Mario Bonassin sikayal:

> I was reading this article about the articulatory symbolism of
> proto-Sumerian and was wondering if anyone had used such a method in any
> of their conlangs.
>
> http://www.sumerian.org/prot-sum.htm
I checked out this URL and was pretty dubious about this guy's claims.  He
seems to be saying that the proto-Sumerians invented their language ex
nihilo at about 6000 BC, which is a pretty outrageous claim.  It's not
impossible, but to beleive it I'd have to see more convincing evidence
than this guy gives.

>
> Mario
>
Jesse S. Bangs jaspax@u.washington.edu
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