Was Cuneiform Originally Sumerian? Linguistic doubts about the world's oldest writing
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Was Cuneiform Originally Sumerian? Linguistic doubts about the world's oldest writing
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The first written texts are in cuneiform, but in which language? Why do some specialists doubt these signs represented Sumerian?
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~ Briefly ~
After trying to understand archaic cuneiform last time, I ended on a simple question: what language are these in? Well, after spending time in more academic books and papers, I'm back to share what I learned about the language of the old tablets.
Sumerian? Euphratic? Unreadable in any (single) language?
This is the third thing to come out of my "multilingual glyph" / "transglyphing" project. If, like me, you're into the polysemy of it all, be sure to watch the two videos leading up to this one.
~ Credits ~
Art, animation, narration and the few bits of music all by me. Full details in my sources document above