# Comb and brush motifs make up about a sixth of all signs and are plausibly tallies, and Mäder leaves 29.5 per cent of…

> Comb and brush motifs make up about a sixth of all signs and are plausibly tallies, and Mäder leaves 29.5 per cent of signs as candidates for a…

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# Comb and brush motifs make up about a sixth of all signs and are plausibly tallies, and Mäder leaves 29.5 per cent of…

Comb and brush motifs make up about a sixth of all signs and are plausibly tallies, and Mäder leaves 29.5 per cent of signs as candidates for a non-phonetic notation.

Suggestive0

## 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 proto-writing, a notation without language](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/vinca-signs/answers/ANS0DEDY3VM7CCE/the-signs-are-proto-writing-a-notation-without-language)

Supports1 for, 1 against

**Still possible** unchanged

## Sources 3

[Ist die Donauschrift Schrift? Eine systematische Untersuchung der Zeichensequenzen aus der Vinča-Kultur (5200-3400 v. Chr.)](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDMNMGY359/ist-die-donauschrift-schrift-eine-systematische-untersuchung)

Mäder 2019

SRC

[Pre-writing in Southeastern Europe: The Sign System of the Vinča Culture, ca. 4000 B.C.](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDKP9499A0/pre-writing-in-southeastern-europe-the-sign-system-of-the)

Winn 1981

SRC

[Vinča symbols (Wikipedia article)](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDNTCTVP19/vinca-symbols-wikipedia-article)

contributors 2026

SRC

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