# The disc records Luwian or another Anatolian language.

> Disputed: The disc records Luwian or another Anatolian language.

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# The disc records Luwian or another Anatolian language.

The disc records Luwian or another Anatolian language.

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

## Where it stands

**Disputed** One piece of evidence for, one against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- Disc signs correspond systematically to Luwian hieroglyphic signs of the same period.
- The resulting text is grammatical Luwian throughout.

## What would rule it out

- The sign correspondences depend on Luwian hieroglyphs of a much later date, or the reading cannot be extended to all 61 groups.

## Evidence 1 for · 1 against

[The 2004 reading produces a continuous letter text.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/phaistos-disc/evidence/EVD0D1GGABA6WKR/the-2004-reading-produces-a-continuous-letter-text)

Speculative

FOR

[The comparanda are later Anatolian hieroglyphs and the reading has not been adopted by Anatolian specialists.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/phaistos-disc/evidence/EVD0D1GGAK42SPN/the-comparanda-are-later-anatolian-hieroglyphs-and-the)

Suggestive

AGAINST

## The questions it answers

[What language does the disc record?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/phaistos-disc/questions/QST0D1GG66G2R2Y/what-language-does-the-disc-record)

Most likelyThe disc records the Minoan language also written in Linear A

## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). The disc records Luwian or another Anatolian language. [Answer ANS0D1GGA3G2QJE]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0D1GGA3G2QJE
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Key

**ANS** 0D1GGA3G2QJE

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