# Linear A records an Anatolian language of the Luwian or Lycian branch.

> Disputed: Linear A records an Anatolian language of the Luwian or Lycian branch.

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# Linear A records an Anatolian language of the Luwian or Lycian branch.

Linear A records an Anatolian language of the Luwian or Lycian branch.

**Disputed** Answers **1** questionPublished0

## Where it stands

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

## What it predicts

- The inflectional endings of the libation formula correspond to Anatolian case and verb endings across all attested variants.
- Common Linear A words (ku-ro, ki-ro, the libation formula words) have Anatolian etymologies with regular sound correspondences.

## What would rule it out

- The libation formula's endings cannot be mapped to Anatolian morphology without changing the Linear B sound values ad hoc.

## Evidence 1 for · 2 against

[Finkelberg's analysis finds endings in the libation formula that resemble Lycian inflection.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/linear-a/evidence/EVD0CQHK5N04GRW/finkelbergs-analysis-finds-endings-in-the-libation-formula)

Suggestive

FOR

[A 2024 consonant-skeleton search against Luwian and Hittite dictionaries found only scattered matches judged…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/linear-a/evidence/EVD0CQHK64M38MQ/a-2024-consonant-skeleton-search-against-luwian-and-hittite)

Suggestive

AGAINST

[Palmer's 1958 word matches did not generalise to the corpus and were not adopted.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/linear-a/evidence/EVD0CQHK5WT4QD1/palmers-1958-word-matches-did-not-generalise-to-the-corpus)

Supported

AGAINST

## The questions it answers

[What language does Linear A record?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/linear-a/questions/QST0CQHK4644K2R/what-language-does-linear-a-record)

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## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). Linear A records an Anatolian language of the Luwian or Lycian branch. [Answer ANS0CQHK5D6238Z]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0CQHK5D6238Z
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