# The Uralic reading groups scripts by computed shape similarity, which does not establish shared sound values, and its…

> The Uralic reading groups scripts by computed shape similarity, which does not establish shared sound values, and its Linear A counterpart has no…

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# The Uralic reading groups scripts by computed shape similarity, which does not establish shared sound values, and its…

The Uralic reading groups scripts by computed shape similarity, which does not establish shared sound values, and its Linear A counterpart has no following among epigraphers.

Suggestive0

## What it means

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

6 answers, none ahead yet

**Open** unchanged

Answer this evidence bears on[Cretan Hieroglyphic belongs to a script family readable through a Uralic language related to Hungarian.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/cretan-hieroglyphic/answers/ANS0DEDZ62JTVXY/cretan-hieroglyphic-belongs-to-a-script-family-readable)

Counts againstnone for, 1 against

**Still possible** was No evidence yet

## Next steps 4

1

Build an open sign-level table of the CHIC clay documents (H 1 to 122): document id, site, object type, each sign group in CHIC sign numbers with position, logograms and numerals; licence the table separately from CHIC's images. This is the prerequisite for every test below.

~40 h

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

**—** not judged

2

Build an open sign-level table of the CHIC clay documents in CHIC sign numbers.

~40 h

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

**—** not judged

3

Compare word-initial and word-final frequencies of the signs shared with Linear A in that table against SigLA/GORILA Linear A and against Linear B Greek, with a shuffled-sign null model, to test whether Cretan Hieroglyphic patterns like Linear A (H-MINOAN).

~12 h

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

**—** not judged

4

Apply the Corazza et al. 2021 Linear A fraction values to the hieroglyphic fraction signs (CHIC 301 to 309) on every clay document with a total, and report how many totals add up versus random value assignments.

~8 h

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

**—** not judged

Ranked by how likely each is to move the key question, for the time it takes

## Sources 2

[Minoan Cryptanalysis: Computational Approaches to Deciphering Linear A and Assessing Its Connections with Language Families from the Mediterranean and the Black Sea Areas](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CQHJYT8078Q/minoan-cryptanalysis-computational-approaches-to-deciphering)

N 2024

SRC

[The Cretan Script Family Includes the Carian Alphabet](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDJZHW8J6C/the-cretan-script-family-includes-the-carian-alphabet)

Revesz 2017

SRC

## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). The Uralic reading groups scripts by computed shape similarity, which does not establish shared sound values, and its… [Evidence EVD0DEEAT781ZWN]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/EVD0DEEAT781ZWN
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**EVD** 0DEEAT781ZWN

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[Session 1](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/cretan-hieroglyphic/sessions/SES0DEECGMX10RS/session-1-cretan-hieroglyphic-seeded-corpus-readings-and) · 31 Oct 2026

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