# Linear A records a language with no other written record (an isolate or a lost family), so no dictionary…

> Still possible: Linear A records a language with no other written record (an isolate or a lost family), so no dictionary comparison can succeed.

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Answer · Linear A

# Linear A records a language with no other written record (an isolate or a lost family), so no dictionary…

Linear A records a language with no other written record (an isolate or a lost family), so no dictionary comparison can succeed.

**Still possible** Answers **1** questionPublished0

## Where it stands

**Still possible** Its tests haven't settled it: two pieces of evidence for, none against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- Dictionary searches against all known Bronze Age languages return only chance-level matches.
- Internal analysis (word order, suffix inventories) remains consistent without matching any known family.

## What would rule it out

- A reading in a known language accounts for the whole libation formula and the account vocabulary with regular correspondences.

## Evidence 2 for · none against

[Linear A and the Phaistos Disc appear to encode the same language, which widens the material slightly but…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/linear-a/evidence/EVD0CQHK92C2WG4/linear-a-and-the-phaistos-disc-appear-to-encode-the-same)

Suggestive

FOR

[Six decades of comparison with Anatolian, Semitic, Greek and other languages have produced no reading…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/linear-a/evidence/EVD0CQHK8TJ4TFD/six-decades-of-comparison-with-anatolian-semitic-greek-and)

Supported

FOR

## 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 a language with no other written record (an isolate or a lost family), so no dictionary… [Answer ANS0CQHK8JR2PCQ]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0CQHK8JR2PCQ
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