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  1. all of the more commonly used compound words, which words are more numerous in Sumerian than are logogram-only words. Beyond the simple logo gram words, three-quarters of this lexicon now consists of words that are transparent compounds of logo grams. Sumerian scribes invented the practice of writing in cuneiform on clay

  2. The following lexicon contains 1,255 Sumerian logogram words and 2,511 Sumerian compound words. A logogram is a reading of a cuneiform sign which represents a word in the spoken language.

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  4. Sumerian (Sumerian: 𒅴𒂠, romanized: Emeg̃ir, lit. '' native language '') was the language of ancient Sumer. It is one of the oldest attested languages, dating back to at least 2900 BC. It is accepted to be a local language isolate and to have been spoken in ancient Mesopotamia, in the area that is modern-day Iraq .

  5. all of the more commonly used compound words, which words are more numerous in Sumerian than are logo gram-only words. Beyond the simple logogram words, three-quarters of this lexicon now consists of words that are transparent compounds of logograms. Sumerian scribes invented the practice of writing in cuneiform on clay

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    The following lexicon contains 1,255 Sumerian logogram words and 2,511 Sumerian compound words. A logogram is a reading of a cuneiform sign which represents a word in the spoken language.

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  7. Also, following the express wish of a majority of online lexicon users, it has merged together and sorted the logogram words and the compound words into purely alphabetical order. This book will be an indispensable reference for anyone trying to translate Sumerian texts.

  8. List of common logograms used in Sumerian Reader by Volk 1999. Made for the Introductory Sumerian courses 2013–2015. Ordering is based on "similarity" rather than Labat etc. May contain some errors. See Full PDF. Download PDF.

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