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Name:
Mycenaean Greek
Alternate Name:
Linear B
Code:
gmy
Code Authority:
ISO 639-3
Code Standard:
LINGUIST List
Families:
Indo-European (Indo-Germanische, Indo-Hittite)
Parent Dialect Group:
Southern Greek; East Greek (grc-sou)
Child Dialect:
Arcado-Cyprian (grc-arc)
Brief Description:
An ancient language of Southern Greece and Crete. The language of the Linear B texts, deciphered by Michael Ventris. Mycenaean is an archaic variety of Greek, the diachronic precursor of the Arcadian and Cyprian dialects of Classical Greek recorded in the late first millenium BC. Late second millennium BC.
Linguist List Status: Extinct
Endangerment Status
Linguist List Status: Extinct
Map of Mycenaean Greek
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