Linear A
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Linear A is a writing system that was used by the Minoans of Crete from 1800 BC to 1450 BC. Linear A was the primary script used in palace and religious writings of the Minoan civilization. It was ada
Linear A tablet, Chania Archaeological Museum
The Minoan site of Hagia Triada, where roughly half of the known Linear A inscriptions were excavated.
Linear A tablet from the palace of Zakros, Archeological Museum of Sitia
Linear A inscription at the Museum of Prehistory, in Thera
Minoan language
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The Minoan language is the language of the ancient Minoan civilization of Crete written in the Cretan hieroglyphs and later in the Linear A syllabary. As the Cretan hieroglyphs are undeciphered and Li
Linear A
…difference in sound values between Linear A and Linear B signs ranges from 9% to 13%. Linear A does not encode any known language. The placeholder term Minoan language is often used, though it is not certain that the texts are all in the same language. Although an approximate phoneme inventory for Minoan can be inferred…
Linear A tablet
Linear A incised on a jug, also found in Akrotiri