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Re:Learning to Spell in Linear B: Scribal Training in Mycena... by thaumasiotes on Tuesday August 16, 2022 @03:41PM (#32487784)
> I wonder if machine learning can be used to reconstruct the language behind Linear A. Similar symbols should represent similar phonemes.

This is an insight well within the means of any humans working on Linear A. What would machine learning add?

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Re:Learning to Spell in Linear B: Scribal Training in Mycena... by kurupt213 on Wednesday August 17, 2022 @01:54PM (#32499570)
Identify words and grammatical structure. It’s not like there are spaces, and inflected languages change the ending of words. Even with a small set documents this must be incredibly difficult when you don’t know what the words are. Similarities with Semitic cuneiform phoneme order would probably be easier to recognize by machine
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