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THE INFURIATINGLY IMPRECISE ORTHOGRAPHY OF LINEAR B

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THE INFURIATINGLY IMPRECISE ORTHOGRAPHY OF LINEAR B
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05-19-2006, 02:18 PM
Yes, Linear B writing wa-na-ka represented a spoken wanax. The idea of the syllabary had been adopted from the Minoans, which is apparently a completely unrelated language.
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Re: THE INFURIATINGLY IMPRECISE ORTHOGRAPHY OF LINEAR B - by Dan Diffendale - 05-19-2006, 02:18 PM

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