Linear B

English

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Linear B

1. (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: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 線形文字B／线形文字B (Xiànxíng Wénzì Bì)

• Dutch: Lineair B n
• Finnish: lineaari-B-kirjoitus
• French: linéaire B (fr) m
• Georgian: B-ხაზოვანი (B-xazovani)
• German: Linearschrift B
• Greek: Γραμμική Βʹ f (Grammikí Vʹ)
• Polish: linearne B n
• Spanish: Lineal B m
• Turkish: please add this translation if you can
• Welsh: llinysgrif B f

See also

• Linear A
• Category:Mycenaean Greek language

Anagrams

• bar line, barline