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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 of this language’s feminine dialect. The status of this language as an (15[1])isolate is central to its (-5[1])namesake (*) “problem,” a solution to which suggests that its first speakers assimilated with the Ubaids after they fled rising sea levels. This language, containing eme-gir and eme-sal dialects, was spoken by the Gutian kings of Lagash and the kings of Eridu. For 10 points, Akkadian gradually supplanted what language (10[1])spoken in Ur? ■END■ (10[2]0[3])

ANSWER: Sumerian [accept eme-gir and eme-sal until read]
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