“Judgment call. Ask someone real,” the Librarian says. “Does it sound like any modern tongue?” “There is no provable genetic relationship between Sumerian and any tongue that came afterward.” “That’s odd. My Mesopotamian history is rusty,” Hiro says. “What happened to the Sumerians? Genocide?” “No, sir. They were conquered, but there’s no evidence of genocide per se.” “Everyone gets conquered sooner or later,” Hiro says. “But their languages don’t die out. Why did Sumerian disappear?” “Since I am just a piece of code, I would be on very thin ice to speculate,” the Librarian says.”