Extinct Languages
Contributors: F. Gaynor (Translator)
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Dorset Press
Published: June 1995
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 182
ISBN-13: 9780880293389
Subjects: Language & Linguistics
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Part one : The three great decipherments in the study of the ancient Orient.; title: The Egyptian hieroglyphics; title: Cuneiform writing; title: The Hittite hieroglyphic writing; title: Part two : The decipherment and study of other scripts and languages of the Old World.; title: The decipherment of other unknown scripts and languages; title: The decipherment of other unknown scripts; title: The translation of other unknown languages; title: Part three : Principles of the methodology of the decipherment of extinct scripts and languages; title: Part four : A few examples of undeciphered scripts.; title: The Sinaitic scripts; title: The Cretan-Minoan script; title: The Carian script; title: The Indus Valley script