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Sumerian is a language isolate, so the second quote may only correctly refer to writing systems.
by gkya 11y ago
Sumerian is a language isolate, so the second quote may only correctly refer to writing systems.
- jhbadger 11y agoExactly. The languages didn't evolve from Sumerian, they just borrowed the writing system in the same sense that non Indo-European languages like Finnish borrowed the Roman alphabet.
- gliese1337 11y agoHence my uncertainty. In that case, if it is intended to refer only to writing systems, it should probably say "15 other languages' writing systems evolved from Sumerian cuneiform." or "were adapted from Sumerian cuneiform", or some other variation thereon.