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Answer · Linear A

Most values hold but some signs were reassigned or split when adapted to Greek, so part of every…

Most values hold but some signs were reassigned or split when adapted to Greek, so part of every transliteration is unreliable.

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Where it stands

Still possibleIts tests haven't settled it: one piece of evidence for, none against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

What it predicts

  • A minority of homomorphs show different positional behaviour in Linear A than their Linear B counterparts.

What would rule it out

  • Positional statistics show no homomorph behaving differently beyond what the language difference explains.

Evidence 1 for · none against

The questions it answers

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

Cite it

Mysteries Department. (2026). Most values hold but some signs were reassigned or split when adapted to Greek, so part of every… [Answer ANS0CQHKA9E4R8T]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0CQHKA9E4R8T
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