Home›Open Questions›What language does Linear A encode?Open QuestionsWhat language does Linear A encode?Citation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextLanguage Atlas. "What language does Linear A encode?." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://language.interactiveatlas.org/open-questions-index/what-language-does-linear-a-encode.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextLanguage Atlas. (n.d.). What language does Linear A encode?. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://language.interactiveatlas.org/open-questions-index/what-language-does-linear-a-encodeCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{languageatlas-what-language-does-linear-a-encode, author = {Language Atlas}, title = {What language does Linear A encode?}, year = {2026}, url = {https://language.interactiveatlas.org/open-questions-index/what-language-does-linear-a-encode}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXOpen QuestionCross-Tradition ConnectionsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)Open QuestionLinear A has never been deciphered. Roughly seventy percent of its signs reappear in Linear B with known phonetic values, but Linear A itself used those same signs for a different, unidentified language, conventionally called Minoan, which cannot be confidently linked to any known language family.What would resolve this A substantial bilingual inscription pairing Linear A with a known deciphered script or language, or a breakthrough matching its sign values to a specific language family with broad scholarly acceptance, neither of which exists today.OpenAegean philology and historical linguisticsAeon Essays: Without a Rosetta Stone, can linguists decipher Minoan script?Cross-Tradition ConnectionsQuestion OnLinear A, Scripts Well-attested Source Aeon Essays: Without a Rosetta Stone, can linguists decipher Minoan script?tier 2SourcesAeon Essays: Without a Rosetta Stone, can linguists decipher Minoan script?tier 2Aeon MediaView the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year