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Linear B
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Etymology
Named by British archaeologist Arthur Evans, to distinguish it from the other linear script, Linear A.
Proper noun
Linear B
en archaeology linguistics A syllabary used to write Mycenaean Greek in the second millennium BC, before the invention of the Greek alphabet.
Translations
syllabary used to write Mycenaean Greek
Armenian: hy
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 線形文字B Xiànxíng Wénzì Bì
Dutch: nl Lineair B n
Finnish: fi lineaari-B-kirjoitus
French: fr linéaire B m
Georgian: ka B-ხაზოვანი
German: de Linearschrift B
Greek: el Γραμμική Βʹ f
Polish: pl pismo linearne B n
Spanish: es Lineal B m
Turkish: tr
Welsh: cy llinysgrif B f
See also
en Linear A
:Category:Mycenaean Greek language
Anagrams
en abeilnr bar line barline
en Ancient Greece Writing systems Greek