# Minoan is itself unread, so the comparison rests on two uncertain lexicons at once.

> Minoan is itself unread, so the comparison rests on two uncertain lexicons at once.

Source: https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hattic-kassite-lost-languages/evidence/EVD0DEE9MY26D6Z/minoan-is-itself-unread-so-the-comparison-rests-on-two  
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[Hattic, Kassite and the half-read languages of the cuneiform archives](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hattic-kassite-lost-languages)Evidence

Evidence · Hattic, Kassite and the half-read languages of the cuneiform archives

# Minoan is itself unread, so the comparison rests on two uncertain lexicons at once.

Minoan is itself unread, so the comparison rests on two uncertain lexicons at once.

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## What it means

Key question[What language family, if any, does Hattic belong to?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hattic-kassite-lost-languages/questions/QST0DEDWJQ8EC4K/what-language-family-if-any-does-hattic-belong-to)

6 answers, none ahead yet

**Open** unchanged

Answer this evidence bears on[Hattic is related to Minoan (the language of Linear A) and both to Sumerian, as survivals of Neolithic Anatolian speech.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hattic-kassite-lost-languages/answers/ANS0DEDY7G36C51/hattic-is-related-to-minoan-the-language-of-linear-a-and)

Counts against1 for, 1 against

**Still possible** unchanged

## Sources 2

[Aegean Linear Script(s): Rethinking the Relationship between Linear A and Linear B](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CQHJXK61P6J/aegean-linear-script-s-rethinking-the-relationship-between)

S 2020

SRC

[Zu den rezenten Studien im Hattischen: Eine Zwischenbilanz](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDKBP35V6C/zu-den-rezenten-studien-im-hattischen-eine-zwischenbilanz)

Soysal 2018

SRC

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Mysteries Department. (2026). Minoan is itself unread, so the comparison rests on two uncertain lexicons at once. [Evidence EVD0DEE9MY26D6Z]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/EVD0DEE9MY26D6Z
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