# Haarmann reports that about half of Linear A's roughly 120 signs have close shape parallels in the Old European…

> Haarmann reports that about half of Linear A's roughly 120 signs have close shape parallels in the Old European inventory.

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Evidence · Vinča signs

# Haarmann reports that about half of Linear A's roughly 120 signs have close shape parallels in the Old European…

Haarmann reports that about half of Linear A's roughly 120 signs have close shape parallels in the Old European inventory.

Speculative0

## 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 ancestral to the Aegean scripts](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/vinca-signs/answers/ANS0DEDY6TDM8K0/the-signs-are-ancestral-to-the-aegean-scripts)

Supports1 for, 1 against

**Still possible** unchanged

## Sources 2

[Early Civilization and Literacy in Europe: An Inquiry into Cultural Continuity in the Mediterranean World](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDMJX0ATR4/early-civilization-and-literacy-in-europe-an-inquiry-into)

Haarmann 1995

SRC

[The Danube Script and Other Ancient Writing Systems: A Typology of Distinctive Features](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDMKHPVANW/the-danube-script-and-other-ancient-writing-systems-a)

Haarmann 2008

SRC

## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). Haarmann reports that about half of Linear A's roughly 120 signs have close shape parallels in the Old European… [Evidence EVD0DEEAW1FZACE]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/EVD0DEEAW1FZACE
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