We still can’t read Linear A from ancient Greece

Language is usually spoken and only around 200 languages have a used written form. The earliest written language dates to around 3500 BCE in the area of Iran and Iraq. Chinese has a written language dating to around the 12th century BCE and is the earliest written language still in use.

(The Great Courses – Understanding Linguistics: The Science of Language)

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