# Eteocretan is a Northwest Semitic language.

> Still possible: Eteocretan is a Northwest Semitic language.

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# Eteocretan is a Northwest Semitic language.

Eteocretan is a Northwest Semitic language.

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

## Where it stands

**Still possible** One piece of evidence for, one against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- Eteocretan words will resolve into triconsonantal roots with Semitic prefixes and suffixes in consistent grammatical roles.
- The Eteocretan line of the Dreros bilingual will translate its Greek clause by clause in Semitic.

## What would rule it out

- The recurring elements (inai, irer, -mit-) cannot be given Semitic morphological functions consistent across all six stones.
- A new bilingual whose Eteocretan has no Semitic analysis.

## Evidence 1 for · 1 against

[Gordon read lmo in the Dreros bilingual as Semitic "for his mother", and Magnelli and Petrantoni's 2016 re-reading…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eteocretan-eteocypriot/evidence/EVD0DEED35QZP9X/gordon-read-lmo-in-the-dreros-bilingual-as-semitic-for-his)

Speculative

FOR

[The Semitic matches are isolated words; the Eteocretan texts show none of the root-and-pattern inflection Semitic…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eteocretan-eteocypriot/evidence/EVD0DEED39MB828/the-semitic-matches-are-isolated-words-the-eteocretan-texts)

Supported

AGAINST

## The questions it answers

[What language do the Eteocretan inscriptions of Praisos and Dreros record?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eteocretan-eteocypriot/questions/QST0DEDZ8QBDF18/what-language-do-the-eteocretan-inscriptions-of-praisos-and)

Open5 answers, none ahead

## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). Eteocretan is a Northwest Semitic language. [Answer ANS0DEEC553KSBV]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0DEEC553KSBV
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