Igor Dyankanov posited that this language was directly preceded by a “banana” language to explain its tendency to reduplicate syllables. French orientalist Joseph Halévy posited that this language was actually an unspoken priestly cryptographic system in an attempt to assign it a Semitic origin. A theory positing that the gala priests were eunuchs stems from their usage (-5[1])of this (15[1])language’s feminine dialect. The status of (15[1])this language as an (15[1])isolate (15[1])is central to its (-5[1])namesake (15[1])(*) “problem,” (-5[1])a solution (-5[2])to which suggests (10[1])that its first speakers (10[1])assimilated with the Ubaids (-5[2])after they fled (10[1])rising (10[1]-5[1])sea (10[1])levels. (10[1])This language, containing (-5[1])eme-gir (-5[1])and eme-sal (10[1]-5[2])dialects, (10[2])was spoken by the Gutian (-5[1])kings of Lagash (-5[1])and the kings (10[1])of Eridu. (10[3])For 10 points, Akkadian gradually supplanted what language (10[2])spoken in Ur? (10[3])■END■ (10[15]0[7])