# The bilinguals fix names, one ending and perhaps one verb, not a grammar

> Still possible: The bilinguals establish personal names, the Eteocypriot patronymic ending and probably one Eteocretan verb form (inai, "it was…

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# The bilinguals fix names, one ending and perhaps one verb, not a grammar

The bilinguals establish personal names, the Eteocypriot patronymic ending and probably one Eteocretan verb form (inai, "it was decided"), and confirm that the scripts carry their Greek values; they do not establish grammar or vocabulary beyond that.

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## Where it stands

**Still possible** One piece of evidence for, none against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- Recovery of either stone or of better photographs will not add new secure word equations beyond these.

## What would rule it out

- A re-reading of either bilingual that aligns whole clauses consistently with the Greek.

## Evidence 1 for · none against

[The Amathus bilingual's Eteocypriot is longer than its two-line Greek and only the names and patronymic align; the…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eteocretan-eteocypriot/evidence/EVD0DEEEDYWYX5V/the-amathus-bilinguals-eteocypriot-is-longer-than-its-two)

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[Both bilingual stones are lost: the longer Dreros stone during the Second World War, the Amathus slab soon after its…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eteocretan-eteocypriot/evidence/EVD0DEEEE6PJH76/both-bilingual-stones-are-lost-the-longer-dreros-stone)

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## The questions it answers

[What do the Dreros and Amathus bilinguals actually establish about the two languages?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eteocretan-eteocypriot/questions/QST0DEDZ94QPQR8/what-do-the-dreros-and-amathus-bilinguals-actually-establish)

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