Michael Everson wrote:

>
> 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.

And she never claims they're "writing."
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Peter T. Daniels grammatim@...