# Meroitic cannot be shown to belong to any known family on present evidence.

> Disputed: Meroitic cannot be shown to belong to any known family on present evidence.

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# Meroitic cannot be shown to belong to any known family on present evidence.

Meroitic cannot be shown to belong to any known family on present evidence.

**Disputed** Answers **1** questionPublished0

## Where it stands

**Disputed** No evidence yet. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- No proposed family gives correspondences that beat a control.

## What would rule it out

- Either family passes a controlled comparison test.

## The questions it answers

[What language family does Meroitic belong to?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/meroitic/questions/QST0CVV004J766H/what-language-family-does-meroitic-belong-to)

Most likelyMeroitic is a Northern East Sudanic language (Nilo-Saharan), related to Nubian, Nara, Taman and Nyima

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Mysteries Department. (2026). Meroitic cannot be shown to belong to any known family on present evidence. [Answer ANS0CVV02TG3MVF]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0CVV02TG3MVF
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