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

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

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Answer · Linear A

# 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.

**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

- 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

[Some Linear A words and endings look Greek when read with Linear B values.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/linear-a/evidence/EVD0CQHK7KG6TPF/some-linear-a-words-and-endings-look-greek-when-read-with)

Speculative

FOR

[Davis's statistical comparison finds Linear A sign behaviour at word boundaries differs from Linear B Greek.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/linear-a/evidence/EVD0CQHK7BP3ATN/daviss-statistical-comparison-finds-linear-a-sign-behaviour)

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)

Open6 answers, none ahead

## Cite it

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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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