# The signs record an early Dravidian language.

> Most likely: The signs record an early Dravidian language.

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# The signs record an early Dravidian language.

The signs record an early Dravidian language.

**Most likely** Answers **1** questionPublished0

## Where it stands

**Most likely** Its tests partly supported it: one piece of evidence for, one against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- Rebus readings based on Dravidian homophones (fish as min "star") are consistent across the corpus and with the iconography.
- Terminal signs correspond to Dravidian suffixes.
- Dravidian loanwords in early Indo-Aryan and the Brahui enclave fit a Dravidian Indus valley.

## What would rule it out

- A secure reading in a non-Dravidian language, or a demonstration that the rebus readings do not generalise.

## Evidence 1 for · 1 against

[Parpola's rebus method yields readings for several frequent signs that cohere with later Indian iconography.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/indus-script/evidence/EVD0CWY3JZ870SF/parpolas-rebus-method-yields-readings-for-several-frequent)

Suggestive

FOR

[No whole text has been read in a way others can verify.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/indus-script/evidence/EVD0CWY3K7267QG/no-whole-text-has-been-read-in-a-way-others-can-verify)

Supported

AGAINST

## The questions it answers

[If the signs are writing, which language do they record?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/indus-script/questions/QST0CWY3F28487R/if-the-signs-are-writing-which-language-do-they-record)

Most likelyThe signs record an early Dravidian language

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Mysteries Department. (2026). The signs record an early Dravidian language. [Answer ANS0CWY3JQE1E71]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0CWY3JQE1E71
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