English
Etymology
Named by British archaeologist Arthur Evans, to distinguish it from the other linear script, Linear A.
Proper noun
Linear B
- (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 Β’ f (Grammikí V’)
- Polish: pismo linearne B n
- Spanish: Lineal B m
- Turkish: please add this translation if you can
- Welsh: llinysgrif B f
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See also
- Linear A
- Category:Mycenaean Greek language
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