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

ANSWER: Sumerian [accept eme-gir and eme-sal until read]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Cormac StephensonSouthamptonLSE B56-5
Josh HowarthWarwick CCambridge A75-5
Brendan BethlehemCambridge AWarwick C9310
James ByrneBristolLSE A10110
Shiv SeshanCambridge BWarwick B11410
Joseph CollinsImperial BImperial A12610
Cormac BeirneLSE BSouthampton12610

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