  We classify the coefficients $(a_1,...,a_n) \in \mathbb{F}_q[t]^n$ that can
appear in a linear relation $\sum_{i=1}^n a_i \gamma_i =0$ among Galois
conjugates $\gamma_i \in \overline{\mathbb{F}_q(t)}$. We call such an $n$-tuple
a Smyth tuple. Our main theorem gives an affirmative answer to a function field
analogue of a 1986 conjecture of Smyth over $\mathbb{Q}$. Smyth showed that
certain local conditions on the $a_i$ are necessary and conjectured that they
are sufficient. Our main result is that the analogous conditions are necessary
and sufficient over $\mathbb{F}_q(t)$, which we show using a combinatorial
characterization of Smyth tuples due to Smyth. We also formulate a
generalization of Smyth's Conjecture in an arbitrary number field that is not a
straightforward generalization of the conjecture over $\mathbb{Q}$ due to a
subtlety occurring at the archimedean places.
