# The shared signs kept their values when Linear B was adapted from Linear A, so Linear A can be pronounced…

> Most likely: The shared signs kept their values when Linear B was adapted from Linear A, so Linear A can be pronounced with Linear B values.

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# The shared signs kept their values when Linear B was adapted from Linear A, so Linear A can be pronounced…

The shared signs kept their values when Linear B was adapted from Linear A, so Linear A can be pronounced with Linear B values.

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## Where it stands

**Most likely** Its tests supported it: two pieces of evidence for, none against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- Shared signs behave alike in both scripts in position and frequency after allowing for the different languages.
- Place names and personal names attested in both scripts read alike.

## What would rule it out

- Names shared between Linear A and Linear B sites read as different words under the same values.

## Evidence 2 for · none against

[Salgarella's sign-by-sign study finds close continuity of shape and use between the two scripts.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/linear-a/evidence/EVD0CQHK9ST3P75/salgarellas-sign-by-sign-study-finds-close-continuity-of)

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FOR

[Several Cretan place names read alike in both scripts (for example pa-i-to for Phaistos).](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/linear-a/evidence/EVD0CQHKA1M644J/several-cretan-place-names-read-alike-in-both-scripts-for)

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FOR

## The questions it answers

[Do the Linear B sound values apply to the Linear A signs that share their shapes?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/linear-a/questions/QST0CQHK4DY2VNT/do-the-linear-b-sound-values-apply-to-the-linear-a-signs)

Most likelyThe shared signs kept their values when Linear B was adapted from Linear A, so Linear A can be pronounced…

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