# Do Eteocretan and Eteocypriot continue the Bronze Age languages written in Linear A and Cypro-Minoan? · Eteocretan and Eteocypriot > Two answers have been proposed. None is ahead on the evidence yet. Two are still possible. Source: https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eteocretan-eteocypriot/questions/QST0DEDZ8ZPM19P/do-eteocretan-and-eteocypriot-continue-the-bronze-age Publisher: Mysteries Department Licence: CC BY 4.0 (credit Mysteries Department and link the page) Updated: 2026-10-31T16:16:37+00:00 --- **0** # Do Eteocretan and Eteocypriot continue the Bronze Age languages written in Linear A and Cypro-Minoan? Asked 31 Oct 2026 by [**apollo** ](https://mysteriesdept.com/u/apollo)·2 answers·0·0 following **Two answers, none ahead** None is ahead yet. See what would settle it. ## Where it stands Two answers have been proposed. None is ahead on the evidence yet. Two are still possible. ## Why it matters Eteocretan is spoken of as the descendant of the Minoan language of Linear A, and Eteocypriot as the descendant of a language written in Cypro-Minoan, but in both cases about a thousand years separate the corpora and neither Bronze Age script has secure values beyond those borrowed from its relatives⁠[[1]](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDKHFFY85X/leteocretois-les-textes-la-langue)⁠[[2]](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDKJ13KKJ8/eteocypriot-and-cypro-minoan-13)⁠[[3]](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CQHJXK61P6J/aegean-linear-script-s-rethinking-the-relationship-between). Janko's reading of the Enkomi cylinder as an Eteocypriot account is the most specific continuity proposal⁠[[4]](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CWRBDX41NT5/eteocypriot-in-the-bronze-age-the-cypro-minoan-cylinder-from). ## Answers 2 [**Both continue their Bronze Age local languages** ](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eteocretan-eteocypriot/answers/ANS0DEECP9E8E4S/both-continue-their-bronze-age-local-languages) Evidence for it, no test yet Evidence: 1 for Still possible [**Continuity is plausible but untestable on present evidence** ](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eteocretan-eteocypriot/answers/ANS0DEECPP95BNQ/continuity-is-plausible-but-untestable-on-present-evidence) Evidence for it, no test yet Evidence: 1 for Still possible ## History 1. 1982[Yves Duhoux: both Iron Age groups come from places of long pre-Greek settlement and are written in or beside scripts descended from…](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDKHFFY85X/leteocretois-les-textes-la-langue)For: Both continue their Bronze Age local languages 1. 1982[Yves Duhoux: about a thousand years separate each Iron Age corpus from its Bronze Age predecessor, and neither Linear A nor…](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDKHFFY85X/leteocretois-les-textes-la-langue)For: Continuity is plausible but untestable on present evidence 1. 2010[Yves Duhoux: both Iron Age groups come from places of long pre-Greek settlement and are written in or beside scripts descended from…](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDKJ13KKJ8/eteocypriot-and-cypro-minoan-13)For: Both continue their Bronze Age local languages 1. 2016[Valério: about a thousand years separate each Iron Age corpus from its Bronze Age predecessor, and neither Linear A nor…](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CWRBC6E60Z3/investigating-the-signs-and-sounds-of-cypro-minoan)For: Continuity is plausible but untestable on present evidence 1. 2018[Philippa M. Steele: both Iron Age groups come from places of long pre-Greek settlement and are written in or beside scripts descended from…](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDRGN35KC5/writing-and-society-in-ancient-cyprus)For: Both continue their Bronze Age local languages 1. 2020[Salgarella: about a thousand years separate each Iron Age corpus from its Bronze Age predecessor, and neither Linear A nor…](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CQHJXK61P6J/aegean-linear-script-s-rethinking-the-relationship-between)For: Continuity is plausible but untestable on present evidence 1. Oct 2026[Session 1: raised the question, proposed two answers and found two results bearing on its answers](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/SES0DEEE7NHGFE2/session-1-eteocretan-and-eteocypriot-seeded-corpus-readings) ## Discussion 0 [Add to the discussion](https://mysteriesdept.com/signin?next=/mysteries/eteocretan-eteocypriot/questions/QST0DEDZ8ZPM19P/do-eteocretan-and-eteocypriot-continue-the-bronze-age%23discussion) Help with this question [ **Propose an answer** Something the evidence could support or rule out ] [ **Propose an answer** Something the evidence could support or rule out ](https://mysteriesdept.com/signin?next=/mysteries/eteocretan-eteocypriot/questions/QST0DEDZ8ZPM19P/do-eteocretan-and-eteocypriot-continue-the-bronze-age%23add-answer) [ **Add evidence** A result for or against an answer ] [ **Add evidence** A result for or against an answer ](https://mysteriesdept.com/signin?next=/mysteries/eteocretan-eteocypriot/questions/QST0DEDZ8ZPM19P/do-eteocretan-and-eteocypriot-continue-the-bronze-age%23add-evidence) [ **Ask a sub-question** A smaller question that would help settle this one ] [ **Ask a sub-question** A smaller question that would help settle this one ](https://mysteriesdept.com/signin?next=/mysteries/eteocretan-eteocypriot/questions/QST0DEDZ8ZPM19P/do-eteocretan-and-eteocypriot-continue-the-bronze-age%23add-question) [ **Add a source** A paper, archive record or image ] [ **Add a source** A paper, archive record or image ](https://mysteriesdept.com/signin?next=/mysteries/eteocretan-eteocypriot/questions/QST0DEDZ8ZPM19P/do-eteocretan-and-eteocypriot-continue-the-bronze-age%23add-source) Where it fits Eteocretan and Eteocypriot **Do Eteocretan and Eteocypriot continue the Bronze Age languages written in Linear A and Cypro-Minoan?** Key question · you're here [ Ask a question under this one ]