Online tool for transliterating Linear B,
the first writing system of the mycenaean Greek language
The Linear B script is the first attested writing system of the Greek language. It is a syllabic script used in various places all over Greece during the mycenaean period. Among the places are Pylos, Thebes, Iklaina, Eleusis and Knossos.
This website offers a tool for transliterating latin script to Linear B and vice versa. Every syllable corresponds to a syllabogram as one can see in the table below. Furthermore, numbers are also transliterated: e.g. to get 55555 in Linear B, you have to first write 50000, then 5000 and so on, i.e. 500005000500505.
Here, you may find an input method for Linear B on Linux.
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Syllabograms
-a -e -i -o -u 𐀀 a 𐀁 e 𐀂 i 𐀃 o 𐀄 u d- 𐀅 da 𐀆 de 𐀇 di 𐀈 do 𐀉 du j- 𐀊 ja 𐀋 je 𐀍 jo k- 𐀏 ka 𐀐 ke 𐀑 ki 𐀒 ko 𐀓 ku m- 𐀔 ma 𐀕 me 𐀖 mi 𐀗 mo 𐀘 mu n- 𐀙 na 𐀚 ne 𐀛 ni 𐀜 no 𐀝 nu p- 𐀞 pa 𐀟 pe 𐀠 pi 𐀡 po 𐀢 pu q- 𐀣 qa 𐀤 qe 𐀥 qi 𐀦 qo r- 𐀨 ra 𐀩 re 𐀪 ri 𐀫 ro 𐀬 ru s- 𐀭 sa 𐀮 se 𐀯 si 𐀰 so 𐀱 su t- 𐀲 ta 𐀳 te 𐀴 ti 𐀵 to 𐀶 tu w- 𐀷 wa 𐀸 we 𐀹 wi 𐀺 wo z- 𐀼 za 𐀽 ze 𐀿 zolexicon | wikipedia | font | more fonts
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