Linear B

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Linear B

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Named by British archaeologist Arthur Evans, to distinguish it from the other linear script, Linear A.

proper noun

A syllabary used to write Mycenaean Greek in the second millennium BC, before the invention of the Greek alphabet.

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name syllabary used to write Mycenaean Greek

Español	Lineal B
中文	線形文字B /线形文字B Xiànxíng Wénzì Bì
Français	linéaire B
Deutsch	Linearschrift B
Ελληνικά	Γραμμική Β’ Grammikí V’

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@misc{linear_b_2026,
  title = {Linear B},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/linear%20b},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}