At 15:34 +0900 2001-11-10, Berthold Frommann wrote:

>Hello,
>
>> Linear B is a syllabary, apparently unrelated to anything else
>> around, even Egyptian.
>And how about the Vinca-characters?
>(cf. Rudolf Hartmann, "Universalgeschichte der Schrift")

Harald Haarmann, I think you mean.

Yes, the Vinc^a characters may be related to Linear B and Cypriot.
Years ago when I was at UCLA I worked a fair bit with Marija
Gimbutas, who took an interest in the Vinc^a writing.
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