It was used for thousands of years to communicate multiple languages. A logogram is a reading of a cuneiform sign which represents a word in the spoken language. 6,  · The transliteration of Sumerian (Jeremy Black,) The transliteration of Sumerian into roman script is a matter that causes some confusion for cuneiformists Download. This chart provides a simplified illustration drawn from The following lexicon contains 1, Sumerian logogram words and 2, Sumerian compound words. With overcolour ill