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THE PHONETIC ELEMENTS OF SUMERJAN A:"ID SOUND-CHANGES 49<br />

<strong>The</strong> sound-changes discussed in this chapter can alI be exemplified<br />

in the classical inscriptions from Urukagina onward and decayed forms<br />

occur side by side with original forms in all parts of Sumer, so that the<br />

so caBed eme-sal cannot denote a local dialect as has been presumed by<br />

those scholars who first observed these phonetic variants.<br />

ame-si-di, and eme-gal. An interpretation of these terms which, with the exceptioll<br />

of eme-sal occur onlyhere, must be conjectural. eme-gud = lisanu elu,<br />

'lofty speech'; eme-mus = lisan zimi, 'speech of adornment'; eme-si-di = lisan<br />

mesal'i, 'correct speech'; eme-gal = lisanu I'abu, 'great speech' o Concerning<br />

eme-TE-NAD we have notthe slightest basis for conjecture.<br />

GRAMo SUMo 4

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