# Linear A records a Northwest Semitic language.

> Disputed: Linear A records a Northwest Semitic language.

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# Linear A records a Northwest Semitic language.

Linear A records a Northwest Semitic language.

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

## Where it stands

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

## What it predicts

- Account vocabulary (totals, commodities, personnel terms) has Semitic etymologies.
- Word structure shows Semitic root-and-pattern morphology, with prefixes and infixed vowel changes.

## What would rule it out

- The language is shown to mark grammar by suffixes alone with no root-and-pattern alternation.

## Evidence 1 for · 1 against

[ku-ro, which precedes totals, resembles Semitic kull "all".](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/linear-a/evidence/EVD0CQHK6M82NEN/ku-ro-which-precedes-totals-resembles-semitic-kull-all)

Suggestive

FOR

[The libation formula varies by suffix, which fits agglutinative or inflecting suffixing languages better than…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/linear-a/evidence/EVD0CQHK6W21ZRG/the-libation-formula-varies-by-suffix-which-fits)

Suggestive

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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Mysteries Department. (2026). Linear A records a Northwest Semitic language. [Answer ANS0CQHK6CE56TW]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0CQHK6CE56TW
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