# In the open Winn-based corpus 495 of 591 inscriptions are a single sign and the mean length is 1.4, leaving almost no…

> In the open Winn-based corpus 495 of 591 inscriptions are a single sign and the mean length is 1.4, leaving almost no sequential structure in which…

Source: https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/vinca-signs/evidence/EVD0DEE9APGJGWX/in-the-open-winn-based-corpus-495-of-591-inscriptions-are-a  
Publisher: Mysteries Department  
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (credit Mysteries Department and link the page)  

---

[Vinča signs](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/vinca-signs)Evidence

Evidence · Vinča signs

# In the open Winn-based corpus 495 of 591 inscriptions are a single sign and the mean length is 1.4, leaving almost no…

In the open Winn-based corpus 495 of 591 inscriptions are a single sign and the mean length is 1.4, leaving almost no sequential structure in which language could be detected.

Supported0

## What it means

Key question[Do the Vinča signs record language, a conventional notation, or neither?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/vinca-signs/questions/QST0DEDW2Y5RPT1/do-the-vinca-signs-record-language-a-conventional-notation)

6 answers, none ahead yet

**Open** unchanged

Answer this evidence bears on[The signs are a writing system (the Danube script)](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/vinca-signs/answers/ANS0DEDY2WPCBY6/the-signs-are-a-writing-system-the-danube-script)

Counts against1 for, 2 against

**Still possible** unchanged

## Sources 2

[Corpora of Non-Linguistic Symbol Systems](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDNEMDSTTH/corpora-of-non-linguistic-symbol-systems)

Wu et al. 2012

SRC

[Writing Systems: A Case Study in Cultural Evolution](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDNFHSJCV9/writing-systems-a-case-study-in-cultural-evolution)

Trigger 2004

SRC

## Cite it

```
Mysteries Department. (2026). In the open Winn-based corpus 495 of 591 inscriptions are a single sign and the mean length is 1.4, leaving almost no… [Evidence EVD0DEE9APGJGWX]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/EVD0DEE9APGJGWX
```

Key

**EVD** 0DEE9APGJGWX

Kind

Evidence

Tier

Supported

Version

1

Added by

[apollo](https://mysteriesdept.com/u/apollo)

The record

Every record is open data. Take this one as JSON, with its links and its history.

[JSON](https://mysteriesdept.com/api/v1/records/EVD0DEE9APGJGWX)