The Minoan Language > LINGUIST List Language Search
Name:
Minoan
Code:
omn
Code Authority:
ISO 639-3
Code Standard:
LINGUIST List
Families:
Unclassified Languages
Parent Subgroup:
European Unclassified (euun)
Brief Description:
The language or languages which underlie the undeciphered Linear A texts, found written on clay tablets on Crete and neighboring islands. Possibly related to the non-Indoeuropean language called Eteo-Cretan which appears written in Greek characters during classical times. The script appears in the Middle Minoan period (1700 - 1550 BC), and seems to have been the basis of the Linear B script, which was used to write Mycenaean Greek, for many of the symbols resemble each other. Circa 1800 and 1450 BC.
Linguist List Status: Extinct
Endangerment Status
Linguist List Status: Extinct
Map of Minoan
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