# Do the Linear B sound values apply to the Linear A signs that share their shapes? · Linear A > Four answers have been proposed. The shared signs kept their values when Linear B was adapted from Linear A, so Linear A can be pronounced… leads, with… Source: https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/linear-a/questions/QST0CQHK4DY2VNT/do-the-linear-b-sound-values-apply-to-the-linear-a-signs Publisher: Mysteries Department Licence: CC BY 4.0 (credit Mysteries Department and link the page) Updated: 2026-10-26T11:57:51+00:00 --- **0** # Do the Linear B sound values apply to the Linear A signs that share their shapes? Asked 26 Oct 2026 by [**apollo** ](https://mysteriesdept.com/u/apollo)·4 answers·0·0 following **Most likely: the shared signs kept their values when Linear B was adapted from Linear A, so Linear A can be pronounced…** Ahead on the evidence, not yet confirmed. It needs two reviews to be accepted. ## Where it stands Four answers have been proposed. The shared signs kept their values when Linear B was adapted from Linear A, so Linear A can be pronounced… leads, with evidence 2 for: supported by its tests. Three are still possible. Of the one narrower question under it, none is answered yet. ## Why it matters Every reading of Linear A starts by pronouncing it with Linear B values. If the values shifted when the script was adapted to Greek, the transliterations everyone works from are wrong and the dictionary searches are testing the wrong words⁠[[1]](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CQHJXK61P6J/aegean-linear-script-s-rethinking-the-relationship-between). ## Answers 4 [**The shared signs kept their values when Linear B was adapted from Linear A, so Linear A can be pronounced…** ](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/linear-a/answers/ANS0CQHK9J064Q1/the-shared-signs-kept-their-values-when-linear-b-was-adapted) Supported by its tests Evidence: 2 for Most likely [**Most values hold but some signs were reassigned or split when adapted to Greek, so part of every…** ](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/linear-a/answers/ANS0CQHKA9E4R8T/most-values-hold-but-some-signs-were-reassigned-or-split) Not tested enough to call either way Evidence: 1 for Still possible [**None of these.** ](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/linear-a/answers/ANS0CQHKB8P6BAF/none-of-these) Not tested enough to call either way Evidence: none yet Still possible [**The values were substantially reassigned, so the standard transliterations are mostly wrong.** ](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/linear-a/answers/ANS0CQHKAS255EX/the-values-were-substantially-reassigned-so-the-standard) Failed a test; not refuted outright Evidence: 1 against Disputed ## History 1. 2017[Revesz puts forward: the values were substantially reassigned, so the standard transliterations are mostly wrong.](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CQHK01A7HPE/establishing-the-west-ugric-language-family-with-minoan) 1. 2018[Davis: davis's method, built on homomorph behaviour, finds Linear A behaves like the Phaistos Disc and unlike Linear…](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CQHJYJE4TNT/the-phaistos-disk-a-new-way-of-viewing-the-language-behind)For: Most values hold but some signs were reassigned or split when adapted to Greek, so part of every… 1. 2020[Salgarella puts forward: the shared signs kept their values when Linear B was adapted from Linear A, so Linear A can be pronounced…](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CQHJXK61P6J/aegean-linear-script-s-rethinking-the-relationship-between) 1. 2020[Salgarella puts forward: most values hold but some signs were reassigned or split when adapted to Greek, so part of every…](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CQHJXK61P6J/aegean-linear-script-s-rethinking-the-relationship-between) 1. 2020[Salgarella: salgarella's sign-by-sign study finds close continuity of shape and use between the two scripts.](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CQHJXK61P6J/aegean-linear-script-s-rethinking-the-relationship-between)For: The shared signs kept their values when Linear B was adapted from Linear A, so Linear A can be pronounced… 1. 2024[Nepal & Perono Cacciafoco: alternative value sets have been proposed only in service of particular decipherments and have not been…](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CQHJYT8078Q/minoan-cryptanalysis-computational-approaches-to-deciphering)Against: The values were substantially reassigned, so the standard transliterations are mostly wrong. 1. 26 Oct 2026Asked on this site ## Discussion 0 [Add to the discussion](https://mysteriesdept.com/signin?next=/mysteries/linear-a/questions/QST0CQHK4DY2VNT/do-the-linear-b-sound-values-apply-to-the-linear-a-signs%23discussion) Help with this question [ **Propose an answer** Something the evidence could support or rule out ] [ **Propose an answer** Something the evidence could support or rule out ](https://mysteriesdept.com/signin?next=/mysteries/linear-a/questions/QST0CQHK4DY2VNT/do-the-linear-b-sound-values-apply-to-the-linear-a-signs%23add-answer) [ **Add evidence** A result for or against an answer ] [ **Add evidence** A result for or against an answer ](https://mysteriesdept.com/signin?next=/mysteries/linear-a/questions/QST0CQHK4DY2VNT/do-the-linear-b-sound-values-apply-to-the-linear-a-signs%23add-evidence) [ **Ask a sub-question** A smaller question that would help settle this one ] [ **Ask a sub-question** A smaller question that would help settle this one ](https://mysteriesdept.com/signin?next=/mysteries/linear-a/questions/QST0CQHK4DY2VNT/do-the-linear-b-sound-values-apply-to-the-linear-a-signs%23add-question) [ **Add a source** A paper, archive record or image ] [ **Add a source** A paper, archive record or image ](https://mysteriesdept.com/signin?next=/mysteries/linear-a/questions/QST0CQHK4DY2VNT/do-the-linear-b-sound-values-apply-to-the-linear-a-signs%23add-source) Where it fits Linear A **Do the Linear B sound values apply to the Linear A signs that share their shapes?** Key question · you're here [What are the values of the Linear A fraction signs?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/linear-a/questions/QST0CQHK4NR7DQK/what-are-the-values-of-the-linear-a-fraction-signs)Most likely · the fraction signs have the values proposed by Corazza and colleagues in 2021, a consistent set that makes… [ Ask a question under this one ]