WE HAVE BEEN INFECTED

Sum. One third of a mana	Akk. One sixth of a mana
šušana ma-na	šu-uš-[ša-an MA].NA	weight stone of one third of a mana

Sumerian language was created by Semitic mathematicians. We can clearly see the process of word formation of Sumerian. A Semitic phonetic value was divided and then adopted as a Sumerian phonetic value of another number. So one part of a Semitic word was used to mark another Semitic word. That is how Sumerian was born. Certain Sumerian words still bear the hallmarks of Akkadian morphological system.

Sumerian:

šuš [SIXTH] wr. šuš "one sixth" Akk. šuššu

[1]

šuš

Note:

Sumerian is a sexagesimal numerical language where number one is sixty and 1/6 of 60 = 10

Sumerian

u [TEN] (6x: ED IIIb) wr. u₉; u "ten"

[1]						u9 [EZEN×BAD]
[2]						u
+	-0 (6x/100%).
			3500	3000	2500	2000	1500	1000	(no date)
[1]				4
[2]						1

We can see that Sumerian asil_x(EZEN)×BAD is a phonetic representation of Akkadian e-še-ri-it = 10.

While Sumerian u is a phonetic representation of Akkadian Akk. šuššu

Sumerian had discovered the positional value of a number where a digit could stand for a ten or for a one also three or thirty, two or twenty and so on. They also combined the decimal system and the sexagesimal system where number sixty could also be read as number one. Sumerians were concerned with fractions. And the only way to solve the fraction problem was to start with a big number as the base number.

Sumerian

ideogram

U

šuš (šu₄)

šuš [COVER].

šuš [SIXTH].

u (un₂)

u [ABUSE].

u [EARTH].

u [FINGER].

u [GIFT].

u [HOLE].

u [TEN].

u [TOTALITY].

Akkadian:

hu₃, ušur₅ 1(u).

Sumerian

ideogram

asil_x(EZEN)×BAD

bad₃ (bada₃ bat₃)

bad [WALL].

u₉

u [TEN].

un₃

un [HIGH].

Akkadian:

Also: an_x(|EZEN×BAD|)

As we can see number ten in Sumerian had two types of readings while in Akkadian it had only one:

1. Ten = 10 Akkadian

2. Ten = 1/6 of 60 Akkadian

We must be aware that every civilised culture has been influenced one way or another by Sumerian. These infected languages, their religion and mythology have been irreversibly affected by a strange language written at a time when the hunter gatherers all over the world were running half naked after wild animals and struggling to secure basic elements for their survival. Their contact with Sumerian was similar with the contact of American Indians with Spanish conquistadors. They were all thunderstruck.

The language of primitive people changed forever after hearing of Sumerian myths. These illiterate people believed that indeed Sumerian was a divine language of divine beings on earth. Even today, almost 5000 years later, it is impossible to repair the damage. Worst of all, revealing the truth will not make these cultures feel healthy either. Sumerian myths, Sumerian calendar, Sumerian inventions have helped humanity make huge advances in astronomy, mathematics, linguistics, mythology, religion, moral codes and all other indispensible elements that make the fabric of a modern society exist. But the elusive nature of Sumerian tongue has created a false perception that one culture could be superior to another. The author of Sumerian took good care to make the origin of Sumerian impossible to find. Sumerian does not belong to any other culture apart from Akkadian. But, because the relationship between the two is ambiguous it has raised hopes of rival cultures to claim authorship.

We shall closely examine the numeric system used in Sumerian and we shall be surprised to discover that its roots are deep into Semitic ground.

Let us start with number two. Number two in Sumerian was a Semitic concept of [TWO], [TWENTY], [COMPANION], [DOUBLE].

šinā  [MIN : 
 ]  (adj. ; fem. šittā)

[Numbers]

two ; (issēn) ana šinīsu : in two ; šinā šunāia guggalīpi / šinā šunāia karrūni / šinā šunāia ṣēri- : two-humped ; šinip / šittān : two-thirds ; šunu ' īu : two-year old ;šunāia : each year , every year ; šaluššeni : two years ago ; ta ' ' umu : twofold ; ana šinīšu : de deux sortes ; šinā šalāš : a few , some ;

See also : šinīšu

Comparison with other Semitic languages :

Proto-Semitic : ^*θnā

Arabic : iθnāni  اِثْنان

Syriac : treyn  ܬ݁ܪܶܝܢ

Hebrew : šnayim  שְנָיִם

Ugaritic : θn  

min [TWO] (959x: ED IIIb, Old Akkadian, Ur III, Early Old Babylonian, Old Babylonian) wr. min; min₃; min₆ "two; ditto" Akk. šina

[1]		min
[2]		min3 (man)
[3]		min6

U.U

man (men₅ mim₃ min₃ mina₃ mam mana)

man [COMPANION].

min₃

min [TWO].

niš (neš nis)

niš [TWENTY].

puzur₂ (buzur₂)

puzur [SECRET].

tab₄

tab [COMPANION].

tab [DOUBLE].

Akkadian:

Also: amna₂, geš_x(|U.U|), giš_x(|U.U|), meš_x(|U.U|), naš, nes, šamaš₂, šar₄, šarru₂, šušana₂, šušanaku, utu₃, wan.

In Sumerian (Akkadian) number two meant also number twenty. But above all it meant the secret. Its phonetic value derived from number two in Semitic languages as a metathesis of an abbreviated [šnayim]: From early on, Semitic scribes used consonants and their phonetic values as the base of their word representation in the written form. What would become later on the idea of a Semitic alphabet had started earlier in Akkadian/ Sumerian twin language.

Akk.

šinā  [MIN : 
 ]  (adj. ; fem. šittā)

[Numbers]

two ; (issēn) ana šinīsu : in two ; šinā šunāia guggalīpi / šinā šunāia karrūni / šinā šunāia ṣēri- : two-humped ; šinip / šittān : two-thirds ; šunu ' īu : two-year old ;šunāia : each year , every year ; šaluššeni : two years ago ; ta ' ' umu : twofold ; ana šinīšu : de deux sortes ; šinā šalāš : a few , some ;

See also : šinīšu

Comparison with other Semitic languages :

Proto-Semitic : ^*θnā

Arabic : iθnāni  اِثْنان

Syriac : treyn  ܬ݁ܪܶܝܢ

Hebrew : šnayim  שְנָיִם

Ugaritic : θn  

It is obvious that Sumerian number twenty is a metathesis of Semitic base [TWO].

Sum. niš [TWENTY] wr. niš "twenty" < šnayim

It is also a consonantal representation of another consonantal representation of the number twenty by Akkadian.

As we shall see all Sumerian numbers were based on Semitic languages and Semitic school of mathematics.

šār  [ŠÁR : 
 ]  (šāru ; Sumerian origin)

[Numbers]

3600 , three thousand six hundred ; 2) a myriad , countless ; [adi šār] : for all time , everywhere ;

See also : šuššar

šuššar  [ŠÁR×DIŠ : 
 ]  (šūši + šār)

[Numbers]

 : 216.000 , two hundred and sixteen thousand (=360x600) ;

See also : šar

šalāšat  [EŠ₅ : 
 ]  (adj. ; fem. šalāš)

[Numbers]

three

Comparison with other Semitic languages :

Proto-Semitic : ^*śalāθ

Arabic : θalāθat  ثَلَاثَة

Syriac : tlātā  ܬ݁ܠܳܬ݂

Hebrew : šlōšā  שְלׂשָה

Ugaritic : θlθ  

Ge'ez : šalāštū

ŠUŠANA

šušana

šušana [FRACTION].

Akkadian:

Also: šuda_x(ŠUŠANA), šuššan_x(ŠUŠANA), 1/3(diš).

šalšu  [ŠUŠANA : 
 ]  (f. sg. šaluštu, m. pl. šalšûtu, f. pl. šalšiātu)

[Numbers]

the third

Cf. šalāšat

šāru  [ŠÁR : 
 ]

[Numbers]

three thousand and six hundred (3600)

šullušu

[Science → Mathematics]

 : 1) (verb / adjective šalāšu D) : trebled / tripled , threefold ; 
 : land worked for a third time ; 2) 
 : kaspam / ḫurāṣam šulluš : decorated with silver / gold ; 3) -feminine noun- : šullultu : one third ; šullultašu : one third of him ; 
 : šullulti 1 šiqil kaspi : one third shekel of silver ; 
 : šallušu : [ŠUŠANA : 
 ] : one third ; 
 :šallušu1 qa : one third of qû ; 4) 
 : šullultātu : one third of shares ;

Cf. šalāš

See also : šullul, šullušiš, šullušu

šalāš meat (u) issēn (u) ešra : [Numbers]  three hundred and twenty one (three hundred -and- one -and- twenty)

šalaš qāti : [Numbers]  3/4 ; three fourths

šalāš : [Numbers]  three

šalāšat : [Numbers]  three

šalāšīšu : [Numbers]  three times

šalšīšu : [Numbers]  three times

šaluštu : [Numbers]   : a group of three , a triad

šār : [Numbers]  1) 3600 , three thousand six hundred ; 2) a myriad , countless ; [adi šār] : for all time , everywhere ;

šāru : [Numbers]  three thousand and six hundred (3600)

šullušu : [Science → Mathematics]   : 1) (verb / adjective šalāšu D) : trebled / tripled , threefold ; : land worked for a third time ;

šulšaia : [Numbers]  three each ;

šullul

[Measures → Weight]

one third of a shekel ;

Cf. šullušu

šalāšā  [UŠU₃ : 
 ]

[Numbers]

thirty

Cf. šalāšat

Sum.

ušu [ALONE] wr. ušu "alone" Akk. ēdiššu

[1]

ušu

alone

Akk. ēdiššu "he/you (etc.) alone".

U.U.U

ba₃

ba [HALF].

es₂

(see full listing)

eš

(see full listing)

ušu₃

ušu [THIRTY].

Akkadian:

Also: batu, eša₂, eše, is₅, iš₃, nan₃, sin, şin, uš₁₈.

Sum.

ba [HALF] (2x: Old Babylonian) wr. ba₃; ba₇ "half; thirty" Akk. bāmtu; mišlu; šalāšā

[1]		ba3
[2]		ba7

1 distinct form attested; click to view forms table.

half (2x/100%)

~ LEX/Old Babylonian/Nippur [[ba]] = na-ša-a-rum OB Aa 146:5. unknown/Old Babylonian/unknown [[ba]] = BA =na-ša-rum MSL 09, 124-137 ix 566.

thirty

Akk. bāmtu "half"; mišlu "half"; šalāšā.

šešša , šūši

[Measures]

sixty

šeššā*  [GÍŠ : 
 ]

[Numbers]

sixty

Cf. šeššet

šeššeret  [U.ÀŠ : 
 ]  (fem. šeššer)

[Numbers]

sixteen

šār : [Numbers]  1) 3600 , three thousand six hundred ; 2) a myriad , countless ; [adi šār] : for all time , everywhere ;

šāru : [Numbers]  three thousand and six hundred (3600)

šešša , šūši : [Measures]  sixty

šeššā* : [Numbers]  sixty

šeššeret : [Numbers]  sixteen

nēru  [GÍŠ.U : 
 ]

[Numbers]

six hundred (600)

šeššet  [ÀŠ : 
 ]  (adj. ; fem. šediš)

[Numbers]

six

Comparison with other Semitic languages :

Proto-Semitic : ^*šidθ

Arabic : sittat  سِتَّة

Syriac : štā  ܫܬ݁ܳܐ

Hebrew : šiššā  שִשָּה

Ugaritic : θθ  

Ge'ez : sǝddǝstū

šeššīšu

[Measures]

six times

šuššar  [ŠÁR×DIŠ : 
 ]  (šūši + šār)

[Numbers]

 : 216.000 , two hundred and sixteen thousand (=360x600) ;

See also : šar

šūšu  [GÍŠ : 
 ]  (st. abs. šūš(i))

[Numbers]

sixty

ūm šešše

[Time → Day of week]

Friday, sixth day

eš-er līmi : [Numbers]  ten thousand

eš-er : [Numbers]  ten

eš-rāyya : [Numbers]  ten each

eš-ret : [Numbers]  ten

eš-rīšu : ten times

eš-ru : the tenth

eš-rūtu : [Numbers]  1/10 : one tenth

See AkkadianAkk. rittu "hand".

ešret  [U : 
 ]  (adj. ; fem. ešer)

[Numbers]

ten

Comparison with other Semitic languages :

Proto-Semitic : ^*ʿaśr

Arabic : ʿašarat  عَشَرَة

Syriac : ʿisrā

Hebrew : ʿśārā  עֲשָׂרָה

Ugaritic : ʿšr  

Ge'ez : ʿaššartū

Ten was one sixth of sixty:

U

bur₃

bur [UNIT].

buru₃

(see full listing)

burud_x(U)

burud [PERFORATE].

ge₁₄

ge [BLOW].

giguru

giguru [EDGE].

puzur (buzur bur₃ buru₃)

puzur [SECRET].

šil₃

šil [EQUIPMENT].

šu₄

su [RED].

šu [BASKET] (^ĝeššu₄).

šu [TOTALITY].

šuš (šu₄)

šuš [COVER].

šuš [SIXTH].

u (un₂)

u [ABUSE].

u [EARTH].

u [FINGER].

u [GIFT].

u [HOLE].

u [TEN].

u [TOTALITY].

umun

en [LORD].

umun [BLOOD].

Akkadian:

Also: a₆, bar_x(U), bu₁₂, gešbur_x(U), gibiru, giburu, guru₁₂, ha₃, hu₃, ušur₅, utah_x(U), utu_x(U), 1(u).

DIŠ.DIŠ.DIŠ

eš₅ (eša₅)

eš [THREE].

eš [THREE] (16x: ED IIIb, Old Akkadian, Ur III, Old Babylonian) wr. eš₅; eš-a-bi; eš₁₀; am₃-mu-uš "three; triplets" Akk. takšû; šalāš

[1]		eš5
[2]		eš-a-bi
[3]		eš10
[4]		am3-mu-uš (ES)

In fact this alleged representation of number three in Sumerian is only partly true. These three forms are only part of the whole paradime of Sumerian erratic morpheme endings. It is a well hidden design to cover the truth as those forms of number three are random morphemes of the phonetic base eš₅. Here is the full table of available random and erratic morphemes of the phonetic base eš₅

eš5

eš

eš-a-bi

eš5-am6

eš5-kam-ma-us2-bi

eš5-am3

Emesal am₃-mu-uš (ES) is just another effort of the author to distract the reader from the truth because it is a variant of the random morpheme eš₅-am₃

as homonym of am₃-mu-uš

and Emesal am₃-mu-uš is homonymous with the random morpheme ending eš₅-kam-ma-us₂-bi

These innocent homonyms are an effort to disorient the reader from the fact that numbers 10, 30, 13, 3, 600, 3600, 1200 are derivatives of the number one = 60 = diš

There are thousands upon thousands of clay tablets buried in Mesopotamia but the equivalent one = 60 = diš has been found only once. And why is that? Because the creator of Sumerian wanted to keep it a secret. It was mentioned only once by accident and it was never repeated again.

But luckily for us the name one = sixty has been a phonetic value of the name triangle in Sumerian.

aš [ONE] (191x: ED IIIb, Old Akkadian, Ur III, Old Babylonian) wr. aš "one" Akk. išten

diš [ONE] (5x: Old Akkadian, Ur III) wr. diš; de-eš-šu₂; di-id; di-t- "one" Akk. ištēn

ešda [ONE] wr. eš₃-da "one" Akk. ištēn

aš [ONE] (191x: ED IIIb, Old Akkadian, Ur III, Old Babylonian) wr. aš "one" Akk. išten

[1]

aš

aš-a

aš-še3

aš

aš-ni

aš-da

aš-bi

aš-ta

aš-a-kam

aš-ka

aš-a-ni

aš-a-ka

aš-a-ta

AŠ

aš (aša az₃ as₃)

aš [BOIL].

aš [FLOUR].

aš [ONE].

uš [SPITTLE].

dil

(see full listing)

dili (tal₃ del dil dele til₄ deli dal₃)

dili [FISH] (dili^ku₆).

dili [SINGLE].

ge₁₅ (geš₄)

ge [BLOW].

lirum₂ (liru₂)

lirum [STRENGTH].

makkaš₂

makkaš [LAMENTATION].

rum (rim₅)

rum [PERFECT].

saĝtak (santak santag santa)

saĝtak [TRIANGLE].

salugub

salugub [UNMNG].

simed

simed [UNMNG].

tal₃

tal [CLAMOR].

Akkadian:

Also: ana₃, ašša, aş₃, deš₂, diš₂, eš₁₈, eš₂₀, in₆, ina, liri₂, makaš₂, ram₂, ru₃, sagtag, sagtak, šup₂, teš, ţil, zu_x(AŠ), 1(aš).

santakku  (n. ; 
)

triangle [SAG.DÙ : 
 ] (Mathematics) ; wedge, triangle formation (Military) ; cuneiform wedge [SANTAK₄ : 
 ] ; santakka takāpu to imprint a wedge tikip santakki : cuneiform writing

Sum.

diš [ONE] (5x: Old Akkadian, Ur III) wr. diš; de-eš-šu₂; di-id; di-t- "one" Akk. ištēn

[1]		diš
[2]		de-eš-šu2
[3]		di-id (ES)
[4]		di-t- (ES)

DIŠ

diš (deš duš₂ tiz tiš diša)

diš [ONE].

gala₁₀

gala [SINGER].

ge₃

ge [BLOW].

geš₂

ĝeš [SIXTY].

ĝeš₂ (geš₂ gešu ĝiš₂ giš₂ ge₃ gi₃)

(see full listing)

makkaš

makkaš [LAMENTATION].

saĝtak₄ (santak₄ santag₄ santa₄šantag šantak)

saĝtak [TRIANGLE].

tal₄ (til₅)

tal [CLAMOR].

1(diš)

(see full listing)

Full listing.

Also: an_x(DIŠ), ana, aš₁₀, daš₂, eš₄, gešta, il₄, ili₆, iš₄, makaš, muš₇, nigida, salubug₂, salugub₂, sandak₄, taš₂, ţiš, uš₉, 1(bariga)

ešda [ONE] wr. eš₃-da "one" Akk. ištēn

[1]

eš3-da

one

Akk. ištēn "one".

Proto-Semitic: *ʕišt-Vn-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: one

Akkadian: ištēn 'one', f. ištiat

Ugaritic: ʕšt ʕšr(h) '11'

Hebrew: ʕašǝttē 'eleven'

Aramaic: Eg ʕštʔ '11'

Epigraphic South Arabian: ʕst(n), f. ʕst '11'

ēdānīu : [Numbers]  single , singular , lone (horse) , isolated ;

ēdānu- * : [Numbers]  alone

ēdānu- : alone ;

ēdānu* : alone

ēdānīu  (ēdānû , ēdēnû ; ; adjective and noun ;)

[Numbers]

single , singular , lone (horse) , isolated ;

See also : ēdu, ēdumānu, ēdumānūtu, ēdānu-

ēdānu- *

[Numbers]

alone

See also : ēdiš *, udē-

ēdānu*  (adj. ; syn. : ēdiššī, udē)

alone

ēdānu-

alone ;

See also : ēdānīu, ēdišši-, udē-, ēdiš

ēdiš * : alone

ēdiš* : alone

ēdišši- : [Numbers]  alone ;

ēdu : [Numbers]  only 1) (person) : single , sole , alone ; 2) (personal name : only child) ; 3) -substantive- : a single (person) ; 4) : chief of

ēdumānu : [Numbers]  single , solo , unaccompanied , lonely , solitary , isolated (?) ;

ēdu  [DILI : 
 ]  (feminine : ettu)

[Numbers]

only 1) (person) : single , sole , alone ; 2) (personal name : only child) ; 3) -substantive- : a single (person) ; 4) 
 : chief of kārum ; 5) (divinity) : unique ; 6) (things) : single , only one , isolated , free-standing (palm-tree ...) ; 7) 
 : -stative- : (w)edē / (w)edāku : I am alone , 
 : ēdukku : you are alone ; 8) (a medicinal plant - Asa foetida- ) : [Ú.AŠ : 
 ] -also šammuēdu ; 9) 
 : astronomy : (name of a star -in Hercules constellation -) : [MUL.DILI : 
 ] / [MÚL.DILI : 
 ] ;

Cf. ēdiš, pâ ēda šakānu, ēdūtu, ēdāniš, ēdēnu, ēdēnû, ēdumānu, wēdi-, udī-, wēdiššī-, wēdûm, ašarēdu

ēdišši-

[Numbers]

alone ;

See also : ēdānu-, udē-, ēdiš, ēdānīu, ēdumānūtu, ēdumānu

ēdumānu

[Numbers]

single , solo , unaccompanied , lonely , solitary , isolated (?) ;

See also : ēdānu-, ēdišši-, udē-, ēdiš, ēdānīu

issēn : [Numbers]  one

issēniš : [Time]  1) (of sending items, mixing ingredients, time : at the same time / simultaneously , also , too , altogether , in total ; : [ištēniš zâzum] : to divide equally ; 2) also , in addition , over and above , moreover , furthermore , besides , likewise , as well , all the same , just the same , nonetheless ;

išteat : [Numbers]  one

ištēn : [Numbers]  one

ištēn : [Numbers]  1) before a noun : one

ištīššu * : [Numbers]  once , one time

ištēn  (masculine ; feminine : ištēt)

[Numbers]

before a noun : one ; ištēn ina ṣuḫārēkā : one of your lads ; ištēn u šina / šitta : one or two ; 
 : ištēn ina pūt šânî našû : one garantees the other ; 2) after a noun : emphatic ; 3) Mathematics : number one , 1 ; 4) single ; 5) the first one ; 6) 
 : ištītu(m) : once , one time ;

Cf. ištēnšeret, ištâtan, ištēnâ, ištēniš, ištēnīšu, ištennūtu, ištēnû, ištiššu, ištiyû, ištištu, ittiltu

We can see that number one in Semitic derived from the idea of the whole, the singularity of a thing before being divided into 3, half, 60, 360, 10:

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Proto-Semitic: *ʔ/waḥad- 1, *wḥd 2

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: one, alone 1, unite 2

Akkadian: wēd- 'only, alone, single'

Ugaritic: ʔaḥd, ʔaḥādu

Phoenician: ʔḥd

Hebrew: ʔǟḥad (yḥd 'bec. united')

Aramaic: Pal ḥad_

Biblical Aramaic: ḥad

Syrian Aramaic: ḥad-

Modern Aramaic: Urm ḥad-

Mandaic Aramaic: had

Arabic: ʔaḥad-, wāḥid- (wḥd 'be alone, unique')

Modern Arabic: Leb wǝḥad

Epigraphic South Arabian: ʔḥd

Geʕez (Ethiopian): ʔaḥadu (wḥd 'unite one thing to another, add')

Tigrai (Tigriñña): ḥadä

Amharic: ʔand

Argobba: hand

Gafat: ǝǯǯä

Harari: aḥad

East Ethiopic: Wol add

Gurage: Sod at(t)

Mehri: wǝḥáyd 'alone, solitary, liking to be on o's own' JM 425

Jibbali: šēḥad 'unite'

Semitic people had this ingenious idea of dividing number one into 3600 parts.

In this way they could do fractions easily.

They were the first humans ever to come up with such a brave idea. But this division of number one is the best way of doing large mathematical calculations. We believe that humans began counting from one, two three and so on in a linear way. We can't cope with the idea that 6000 years ago Semitic people were far more advanced than us intellectually.
We have a tendency to underestimate ancient people and their rational capabilities. The reason why Semitic people came up with such a large round number was the solar calendar. The solar year lasted around 360 days and that was the base number from which you counted one as a whole, the entire solar year. This huge leap in mathematics was marked by an upsurge of a new trend in myth and politics. The new society no longer recognized mother goddess as the creator of the universe. Mother goddess was established as the great mother, the dominant deity among the ancient people because women's menstrual cycle corresponded to the lunar calendar. That is why the dominant counting system among the ancient people was based on number twenty and ten. Semitic people overthrew the concept of the mother goddess for a better calendar, the more complicated but far more superior, the solar calendar. It was superior because it had a large base number of 360 or 60 x 60 which included number 3, 20, 10, 2, 3, 6, 13 [3 + 10], etc. It was extremely practical to do complicated calculations using the solar calendar. The overthrow of the mother goddess status resulted from pure economical needs but this dramatic change in mathematical perception of the universe, movement of the stars, movement of the sun with regard to the movement of the moving stars (planets) not only led to the development of astronomy but also generated new exciting changes in mythology, the fabric of society, religion and politics. In a way the world was turned upside down inadvertently. Nobody had predicted this turn of events and surely the new patriarchs took full advantage of the economic and political boom that accompanied the new calendar. The king who introduced the new calendar came up with the idea of chopping number one into several syllables to represent number three, number ten, number six. Almost immediately after this event the same king introduced a new language Sumerian which chopped into pieces a Semitic word than used those pieces as new word signs to build other words. That is how Sumerian was born. Sumerian was born in one swoop within the walls of a very intelligent king.

Why was so important to keep Sumerian a secret. First of all if the author of Sumerian had used words from other languages of the region he would have been detected. As we know, ancient people tried to gain prestige by claiming divine descent from the heavens. why bother and borrow words from a neighbouring land? That was a very dangerous idea. It could lead into a permanent bondage of the borrower to the original lender. Besides no other people had come up with the idea to write on a mud tablet. So why make a gift to strangers after all? Secondly if Sumerian was a real language how could Semites claim that it came from the heavens? There was no other choice but to use fractions, and their phonetic value as a base to build new words. And as we shall see those phonetic values became indeed the first Sumerian words. Sumerian is a dismembered Semitic language reconstructed from these segments into a totally artificial and cumbersome language with almost no grammar to start with. There are basically no verbs in Sumerian and very few adjectives. The large vocabulary of Sumerian words are nouns derived from rearranged segments of Semitic words. This language was truly divine in its real sense and nobody could ever claim its ownership. The creator of Sumerian never shared this secret with anybody. That is the reason why he kept apart the values of number one and sixty. He was extremely concerned that he could be detected. After he died the language began gradually to evolve as a parallel language to Akkadian. It sucked life from Akkadian and it generated new words from other Semitic tongues. But Sumerian and Akkadian were intertwined from the start and they evolved together like Siamese siblings. If you kill Sumerian Akkadian dies. If you wipe Akkadian from scribes' dictionaries, Sumerian makes no sense. Those scribes were aware of this link and they never used one language without the other.

The Sumerian antediluvian kings were mentioned in another list of gods, the calendar of Hattusa (Hittites) an Indo European people. Their eponym ancestor was called Alalu which is a misreading of Sumerian A-lulim and A-lal-gar 

(In) Eridu(g) A-lulim(ak) (became) king 
and reigned 28,800 years; 
5 Alalgar reigned 36,000 years. 
2 kings 
reigned its 64,800 years. 

In Semitic the a- stands for [the] meaning [the king]. So these ancient names are not of any other origin other than Semitic. When we mention the name Sumerian, this will always mean a Semitic people who wrote on clay tablets using an alphabetical language.

The Sumerian king list was a calendar and a calculator. What does that mean? Sumerian king list is a patriarchal manifesto.

It is a reminder of the significance of the solar calendar. The numbers they used doing arithmetic calculations were supposed to have some religious meaning. The average folk were extremely suspicious of these counting enterprises and they were supposed to believe in the system. The king list was a religious statement that the state must be trusted. This statement was addressed also to the enemies of the founded empire.

All international transactions would be based on this newly founded calculus which created awe, respect and fear among adversaries of the Akkadian kingdom.

It also served as a reminder that trade was fair. It was a psychological and propaganda machine and the justification for doing business as usual and not allow people slip back to the lunar calendar and the decimal system.

If a trader who was not experienced in numbers had any doubts in the transaction with the state he would be forced to recognize that the antediluvian kings as a sacred argument that in the past gods used a similar system. The Akkadian ancestry was canonized within these large numbers. We must remember that common people were very suspicious of the scribes and mathematicians in general and without a mythological backing there was no moral authority to certify any transaction. A similar move was canonized in the bible. The difference though remains that the bible is more trustworthy. The bible uses the decimal system to record the list of the patriarchs. The decimal system is simple and easy to remember.

But we must not forget that Sumerians were farmers and they dealt with large numbers of agricultural produce. While the bible is the canonized calendar and calculus of nomads, Sumerian is the alphabet of the settlers.

Sumerians had to use a sexagesimal counting system to satisfy their needs for these large calculations while Semitic people used much smaller numbers and a decimal system based on their pastoral livestock. Sumerians were economically obliged to use huge numbers and as a result their calculus-calendar grew rapidly forcing them to adopt a sexagesimal and a decimal system at the same time while pastoral Semites were pretty satisfied with the calculator based on smaller numbers. Sumerians also practiced astronomy while wandering nomads did not. We learn that Greek mathematicians were forced to use the Sumerian system to calculate large astronomical numbers. This is a proof that Sumerian civilization was at a much higher level of development than that of the pastoral life. Sumerians built gigantic observatories [temples] to monitor the movement of the stars. While nomads worshipped their gods while camping in the plains.

Sumerian religion became science wise, making provisions for clear mathematical calculations to back mythological claims thus make an agreement with what people believed and the stark facts of the cosmos, while the nomads remained in general isolated from any hint of astronomy. While settlers were mapping and counting stars, nomads were tending and counting sheep.

Sumerians built ziggurats while nomads could barely raise a tent in the wind. In a way Sumerian mythology is mostly bare of moral binding because Sumerians were first and foremost farmers and traders and to them myth was a mere extension of their busy but prosperous economic life. They were highly pragmatic and never took their gods seriously.

Semitic nomads on the other hand suffered a degree of ignorance and poverty compared to their rival settlers. They also took the myth literally and they never used astronomical observations like Sumerians to test their myths.

All in all the nomads remained faithful to the lunar calendar and used a decimal or vigesimal calculus while settlers were ahead of their time, doing spectacular calculations using a very complicated solar calendar.

Other Sumerian Akkadian concordances:

Sum.

šudua [UNIT] (60x: ED IIIb, Old Akkadian, Ur III) wr. šu-du₃-a "a unit of length" Akk. šīzu

šušana [FRACTION] wr. šušana "one third" Akk. šalšu

udzalla [THIRD] (55x: Old Akkadian, Ur III, Old Babylonian) wr. ud-zal-la "third watch of night"

We know that Sumerian -zalla is a copy of Akkadian šalšu

But what matters is the fact that Sumerian resembles the Akkadian speech, the idea is to suggest to gods what humans wanted in a Semitic prayer.

http://sumeriantestament.blogspot.com/2012/08/birth-of-sumerian.html

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