💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Linear b"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| linear anoun | (archaeology, linguistics) A syllabary used to write the as-yet-undeciphered Minoan language, and an apparent predecessor to other scripts, such as Linear B. |
| mycenaean greeknoun | The most ancient attested form of the Greek language, spoken on the Greek mainland and on Crete in the 16th to 11th centuries BC, written in Linear B script. |
| minoannoun | Of or relating to the civilization that developed in Crete from the neolithic period to the Bronze Age (about 3000-1050 B.C.E.). |
| mycenaeannoun | Of or relating to the early Greek civilization that spread its influence from Mycenae to many parts of the Mediterranean region and Central Europe from about 2800 to 1100 B.C.E., divided into three periods: Early Helladic (c. 2800–2000 B.C.E), Middle Helladic (c. 2000–1500 B.C.E), and Late Helladic (c. 1500–1100 B.C.E) |
| greek alphabetnoun | The 24-letter alphabet of the Greek language, first adopted by Athens in 403 BC and now consisting of the following upper- (majuscule) and lower-case (minuscule) pairs: |
| late greeknoun | The Greek language as written in Late Antiquity and the Early Byzantine period, i.e. from about the late 2nd century AD until about the late 7th century AD. |
| proto-greeknoun | The earliest form of the Greek language, the common ancestor of the Greek dialects, including Mycenaean and the classical Greek dialects. |
| archaic egyptiannoun | (linguistics, history) The Egyptian language as written and spoken during the Early Dynastic Period, before the time of the earliest attested complete sentences. |
| mycenæannoun | Dated spelling of Mycenaean. |
| classical languagenoun | (literature, linguistics) An ancient language that has an independent tradition that arose mostly on its own, and has a large and rich body of ancient literature. |
| lemniannoun | Of or pertaining to the island of Lemnos. |
| constructed languagenoun | (linguistics) A human language that has been consciously devised by an individual or a group, as opposed to having naturally evolved as part of a culture like a natural language. |
| elymiannoun | (historical) Any member of a people who inhabited western Sicily during the Bronze Age and Classical antiquity. |
| mediæval greeknoun | (archaic or archaizing) Alternative spelling of Medieval Greek. [Collectively, the continuum of forms of the Greek language as written and spoken during medieval times, preceded by Hellenistic Koine Greek and succeeded by Modern Greek] |
| liasnoun | A type of blue limestone present in parts of southern England and Wales. |
| proto-canaanite alphabetnoun | An abjad of twenty-plus acrophonic glyphs, found in Levantine texts of the Late Bronze Age (from ca. the 15th century B.C.E.), by convention taken to last until a cut-off date of 1050 B.C.E., after which it is called Phoenician. |
| eteocretannoun | A pre-Greek language attested in a few alphabetic inscriptions of ancient Crete. |
| lirulænoun | Archaic spelling of lirulae: plural of lirula. |
| arcadocypriot greeknoun | The dialect of Ancient Greek spoken in Arcadia and on Cyprus. Not attested in literature, but contributed a few forms to Epic Greek. |
| protogreeknoun | Alternative form of Proto-Greek. [The earliest form of the Greek language, the common ancestor of the Greek dialects, including Mycenaean and the classical Greek dialects.] |
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