Remnants of Sumerian in modern languages

Abstract

The Babylon myth is widely known as the myth that explains the birth of languages. In recent years, the Sumerian language has proven to be a more plausible source that contained some of the words dating back thousands of years ago. This paper focuses firstly on very few widely used words that are still valid in contemporary languages (such as English and Turkish) and in ancient languages (such as Etruscan, Latin, Greek), some of which are still rather "intact" both orthographically and semantically. Secondly, it focuses on the names of theology that were depicted in different mythologies from Mesopotamia to European Alps and Asia and Asia Minor (Anatolia) that share similar linguistic and mythological characteristics. Thirdly, this paper focuses on the difficulties rising in the correct pronunciation of the words and comprehension of the homonyms/homophones in the Sumerian language due to the significant differences in reading and pronunciations of cuneiform writings and monograms between Sumerian and codex as Sumerian texts have been read and translated through the Akkadian language