Linguistic Archaeology: The Sumerians (Part 10)

 The Sumerians and the Origins of Shogi
It related to the name of all the japanese shogi game pieces at (near) the same percentile of use. The O as a language use majority is not common in Japanese. But it is common in all the words used in the shogi game at a fully literate origin equal to Sumerian. So while both would be closely related as long as Sumerian U was in fact O, and related closely to Shogi. The shogi game pieces likewise developed over time, the earliest being chariots and hero pieces implying a different form of game- one involving the deployment of warriors to battlefields in a logistics game. Only later does it include the chessboard and more common chess pieces. There is one gameboard I can think of that fits that early chariot and hero logistics game- The Royal game of Ur.

Basically these sequences of development can be considered dialect variations.
Sumerian dev dia.: U; A           ; (I, S); M
Shogi dev. Dialect:  O; (A, I, K); Y      ; (S, N, H)
Sumerian:  M  A       R  G       I  D  D  A (Chariot, celestial chariot)
Dev. Chain: 4   2        -   -        3  -   -    2
Possible Shogi dialect variations:
                     S   A          -         Y     -     A
                     N  A (RIK=RG) Y     -     A is most likely.
                     H  A          -         Y     -     A
                     S   I           -         Y     -     A
                     N  I           -         Y     -     A
                     H  I          -          Y    -      A
                     S  K         -           Y    -      A
                     N K         -           Y    -      A
                     H K         -           Y    -      A

MARGIDDA (Celestial Chariot) is most likely the shogi piece NARIKYO (Promoted Incense Chariot). MA=NA, RG=RIK.