Elamite

[Anthony Appleyard]

How likely is the supposed connection between Elamite and Dravidian?

[ Moderator's note:
  Mr. Appleyard's query is in response to Steve Long's post of 3 Nov 2000:

  > Apparently a characteristic of "Elamite" is that the texts that are
  > readable (e.g., the Behistun inscription) are "like Ottoman Turkish, made
  > up of many borrowed words, particularly Persian and Semitic."  Early
  > "Elamite" texts have not been deciphered.

  The context was not included in his original due to technical difficulties.
  --rma ]