{"id":510,"date":"2025-10-02T22:51:36","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T22:51:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/issendai.com\/minoan\/?page_id=510"},"modified":"2025-10-16T03:50:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T03:50:08","slug":"reading-and-writing-linear-a","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/issendai.com\/minoan\/linear-a\/reading-and-writing-linear-a\/","title":{"rendered":"Reading and Writing Linear A"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"\">Being able to read and write Linear A is, scientifically speaking, one of the coolest things a human can do. I commend you for your interest, and look forward to welcoming you into the sisterhood and\/or brotherhood of the Linear A literate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Instead of going through the symbols of Linear A in order, I&#8217;ll start by focusing on specific symbols that illustrate different aspects of the script.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Introduction<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"\">The briefest possible history of Linear A<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">The syllables<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">How to use SigLA and LinearA.xyz<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Symbols<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/issendai.com\/minoan\/linear-a\/reading-and-writing-linear-a\/ka-%f0%90%98%be-reproducing-minoan-handwriting\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"512\">KA \ud801\ude3e &#8211; Reproducing Minoan handwriting<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">KA, part 2 &#8211; Stroke order<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/issendai.com\/minoan\/linear-a\/reading-and-writing-linear-a\/ma-%f0%90%99%81-formal-depictions-of-linear-a-lie-to-you\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"533\">MA \ud801\ude41 &#8211; Formal depictions of Linear A lie to you<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">Choosing a location to copy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">MU &#8211; Every symbol is a stylized drawing<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">*301 \ud801\ude55 &#8211; Variants can help you figure out what the symbol represents<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">&#8211; Symbols with many variants<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">TI \ud801\ude20 &#8211; Symbols with subtle variants<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">&#8211; Symbols with extreme variants<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">NI \ud801\ude1d &#8211; Syllabogram vs. ideogram<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Putting It All Together<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"\">The spelling rules<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">Formatting a text<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sidebars<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"\">Punctuation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">Making a clay tablet<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">Writing on papyrus the Minoan way<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">Linear A vs. Linear B<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">Numbers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><em>Updated 10\/15\/2025<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Being able to read and write Linear A is, scientifically speaking, one of the coolest things a human can do. I commend you for your interest, and look forward to welcoming you into the sisterhood and\/or brotherhood of the Linear A literate. Instead of going through the symbols of Linear A in order, I&#8217;ll start [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":500,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-510","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","category-linear-a"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/issendai.com\/minoan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/510","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/issendai.com\/minoan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/issendai.com\/minoan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/issendai.com\/minoan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/issendai.com\/minoan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=510"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/issendai.com\/minoan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/510\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":555,"href":"https:\/\/issendai.com\/minoan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/510\/revisions\/555"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/issendai.com\/minoan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/500"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/issendai.com\/minoan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=510"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/issendai.com\/minoan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=510"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/issendai.com\/minoan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}