# Cretan Hieroglyphic belongs to a script family readable through a Uralic language related to Hungarian.

> Still possible: Cretan Hieroglyphic belongs to a script family readable through a Uralic language related to Hungarian.

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# Cretan Hieroglyphic belongs to a script family readable through a Uralic language related to Hungarian.

Cretan Hieroglyphic belongs to a script family readable through a Uralic language related to Hungarian.

**Still possible** Answers **1** question0

## Where it stands

**Still possible** None pieces of evidence for, one against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- Hieroglyphic sign groups read with the proposed values yield Uralic words that fit the logograms and numbers beside them.
- The same values read the Linear A corpus consistently.

## What would rule it out

- Readings of recurring sign groups vary from document to document under the same values.
- Independent dictionary searches find no more Uralic matches than chance.

## Evidence none for · 1 against

[The Uralic reading groups scripts by computed shape similarity, which does not establish shared sound values, and its…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/cretan-hieroglyphic/evidence/EVD0DEEAT781ZWN/the-uralic-reading-groups-scripts-by-computed-shape)

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## The questions it answers

[What language does Cretan Hieroglyphic record?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/cretan-hieroglyphic/questions/QST0DEDWHYH7XCD/what-language-does-cretan-hieroglyphic-record)

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