# What language or languages does Cypro-Minoan write? · Cypro-Minoan > Four answers have been proposed. The language is unrelated to any known language, and the evidence cannot yet identify it. leads, with evidence 1 for… Source: https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/cypro-minoan/questions/QST0CWRBPY653KZ/what-language-or-languages-does-cypro-minoan-write Publisher: Mysteries Department Licence: CC BY 4.0 (credit Mysteries Department and link the page) Updated: 2026-10-26T11:57:10+00:00 --- **0** # What language or languages does Cypro-Minoan write? Asked 26 Oct 2026 by [**apollo** ](https://mysteriesdept.com/u/apollo)·4 answers·0·0 following **Most likely: the language is unrelated to any known language, and the evidence cannot yet identify it** Ahead on the evidence, not yet confirmed. It needs two reviews to be accepted. ## Where it stands Four answers have been proposed. The language is unrelated to any known language, and the evidence cannot yet identify it. leads, with evidence 1 for: partly supported by its tests. Three are still possible. Of the two narrower questions under it, none is answered yet. ## Why it matters No reading is possible without a language to read into. The candidates are local (Eteocypriot), Levantine at Ugarit, or a language with no descendant⁠[[1]](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CWRBDX41NT5/eteocypriot-in-the-bronze-age-the-cypro-minoan-cylinder-from)⁠[[2]](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CWRBC6E60Z3/investigating-the-signs-and-sounds-of-cypro-minoan)⁠[[3]](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CWRBDDG37H9/cypro-minoan-scripts-problems-of-historical-context). ## Answers 4 [**The language is unrelated to any known language, and the evidence cannot yet identify it.** ](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/cypro-minoan/answers/ANS0CWRBTKC4653/the-language-is-unrelated-to-any-known-language-and-the) Partly supported by its tests Evidence: 1 for Most likely [**Cypro-Minoan on Cyprus writes Eteocypriot, the non-Greek language later written in the Cypriot syllabary.** ](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/cypro-minoan/answers/ANS0CWRBSM42AN0/cypro-minoan-on-cyprus-writes-eteocypriot-the-non-greek) Not tested enough to call either way Evidence: 1 for Still possible [**None of these.** ](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/cypro-minoan/answers/ANS0CWRBV3076Z4/none-of-these) Not tested enough to call either way Evidence: none yet Still possible [**One script was used for more than one language, including a Semitic language at Ugarit.** ](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/cypro-minoan/answers/ANS0CWRBT3R00C7/one-script-was-used-for-more-than-one-language-including-a) Not tested enough to call either way Evidence: 1 for Still possible ## History 1. 1989[Palaima puts forward: the language is unrelated to any known language, and the evidence cannot yet identify it.](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CWRBDDG37H9/cypro-minoan-scripts-problems-of-historical-context) 1. 1989[Palaima: all decipherment schemes up to 1989 were judged improbable, and none since has been accepted.](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CWRBDDG37H9/cypro-minoan-scripts-problems-of-historical-context)For: The language is unrelated to any known language, and the evidence cannot yet identify it. 1. 2016[Valério puts forward: one script was used for more than one language, including a Semitic language at Ugarit.](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CWRBC6E60Z3/investigating-the-signs-and-sounds-of-cypro-minoan) 1. 2016[Valério: valério reads several personal names known from cuneiform in the Ugarit tablet RS 20.25.](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CWRBC6E60Z3/investigating-the-signs-and-sounds-of-cypro-minoan)For: One script was used for more than one language, including a Semitic language at Ugarit. 1. 2020[Janko puts forward: cypro-Minoan on Cyprus writes Eteocypriot, the non-Greek language later written in the Cypriot syllabary.](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CWRBDX41NT5/eteocypriot-in-the-bronze-age-the-cypro-minoan-cylinder-from) 1. 2020[Janko: the structure of the Enkomi cylinder is read as an account in a language that could be Eteocypriot.](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CWRBDX41NT5/eteocypriot-in-the-bronze-age-the-cypro-minoan-cylinder-from)For: Cypro-Minoan on Cyprus writes Eteocypriot, the non-Greek language later written in the Cypriot syllabary. 1. 26 Oct 2026Asked on this site ## 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