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Linear A records Greek or another Indo-European language ancestral to or close to Greek.

Linear A records Greek or another Indo-European language ancestral to or close to Greek.

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Where it stands

DisputedOne piece of evidence for, one against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

What it predicts

  • Sign-initial and sign-final frequency profiles of Linear A words match those of Linear B Greek.
  • Linear A words read with Linear B values yield Greek lexemes with regular correspondences.

What would rule it out

  • Word-boundary sign statistics of Linear A differ significantly from Linear B Greek under the same sign values.

Evidence 1 for · 1 against

The questions it answers

Open6 answers, none ahead

Cite it

Mysteries Department. (2026). Linear A records Greek or another Indo-European language ancestral to or close to Greek. [Answer ANS0CQHK73W25EH]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0CQHK73W25EH
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