# Proto-Elamite writes a language, probably early Elamite, with logograms and some syllabic signs.

> Still possible: Proto-Elamite writes a language, probably early Elamite, with logograms and some syllabic signs.

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# Proto-Elamite writes a language, probably early Elamite, with logograms and some syllabic signs.

Proto-Elamite writes a language, probably early Elamite, with logograms and some syllabic signs.

**Still possible** Answers **1** questionPublished0

## Where it stands

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

## What it predicts

- Recurrent sign sequences in personal-name positions show internal structure (shared elements, substitutions) like names in a language.
- Some signs behave as phonetic complements or syllables, with positional statistics unlike commodity signs.

## What would rule it out

- Name-position sequences show no internal regularity beyond what commodity and title signs would give.

## Evidence 1 for · none against

[Desset argues Linear Elamite descends from Proto-Elamite, which would imply phonetic use of the earlier signs.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/proto-elamite/evidence/EVD0D1P96BT7REW/desset-argues-linear-elamite-descends-from-proto-elamite)

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## The questions it answers

[Does Proto-Elamite record a language?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/proto-elamite/questions/QST0D1P9270104G/does-proto-elamite-record-a-language)

Most likelyProto-Elamite is an administrative notation recording quantities, commodities, persons and institutions…

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