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Jiang frames Sumerian origins as unresolved because Sumerian is a language isolate unlike the surrounding Semitic languages, with competing theories pointing to Anatolia, the Zagros Mountains, Arabia, or the Indus Valley.
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Jiang frames Sumerian origins as unresolved because Sumerian is a language isolate unlike the surrounding Semitic languages, with competing theories pointing to Anatolia, the Zagros Mountains, Arabia, or the Indus Valley.
"...like Sumerian in the world. Okay? It's what is called a language isolate. It is unique. And so, this has puzzled scholars for decades...."
"Okay? No one knows. There are different theories. One theory is the Sumerian people are people who came from Anatolia and settled in the..."
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