Linear B
Mycenaean Greek tablets and syllabic writing.
Study sites
Languages
Sanskrit Help is open. The seven sites directly below are the immediate projects; the remaining entries show intended coverage. A listed language does not imply that its site or tools have been published.
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Sanskrit Help
Monier–Williams and Apte dictionaries, a searchable Whitney grammar, the Aṣṭādhyāyī and annotated readers for the Ṛgveda, Bhagavad Gītā, Mahābhārata and Rāmāyaṇa sit alongside tools for sandhi, morphology and parsing.
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Akkadian
Cuneiform and Akkadian reading.
Sumerian
Sumerian texts and cuneiform.
Egyptian Hieroglyphic
Middle Egyptian and hieroglyphic writing.
Coptic
Coptic script, forms and texts.
Ancient Greek
Classical and Koine Greek.
Latin
Latin language and texts.
Further study sites
Further languages
These projects are being researched and built. Their individual pages will be linked here when published.
Image & rightsBiblical Hebrew
Hebrew scripture, forms and reading.
Image & rightsUgaritic
Alphabetic cuneiform and Ugaritic texts.
Image & rightsEtruscan
Inscriptions, script and evidence.
Image & rightsMinoan
Linear A and Cretan Hieroglyphic.
Image & rightsPhoenician & Punic
Phoenician and Punic writing and inscriptions.
Image & rightsIndus Script
Seals, signs and undeciphered evidence.
Image & rightsClassic Maya
Maya writing, dates and language.
Image & rightsAvestan
Avestan manuscripts and language.
Image & rightsOld Persian
Royal inscriptions and cuneiform.
Image & rightsHittite
Texts and cuneiform study.
Image & rightsAramaic
Aramaic varieties, including Mandaic.
Image & rightsSyriac
Syriac scripts and literature.
Image & rightsAnatolian
Luwian, Lycian, Lydian, Carian, Palaic, Pisidian and Sidetic.
Image & rightsHurrian & Urartian
Hurrian and Urartian evidence.
Image & rightsTocharian
Tocharian A and B.
Image & rightsElamite
Elamite and related script evidence.
Intended coverage
Additional subjects
Group entries name the languages and scripts they are intended to include. The scope may change as sources and rights are checked.
Image & rightsArabic
Arabic language and manuscript traditions.
Image & rightsArmenian
Armenian texts and scripts.
Image & rightsCanaanite
Moabite, Ammonite and Edomite.
Image & rightsCeltic
Celtic languages, Ogham (script), Gaulish, Celtiberian, Lepontic and Old Welsh.
Image & rightsChinese
Chinese writing and historical language.
Image & rightsGeʽez
Geʽez language and manuscript study.
Image & rightsGermanic
Historical Germanic languages.
Image & rightsGothic
Gothic language and manuscript witnesses.
Original project artworkIndo-European
Comparative Indo-European study.
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Iranian
Sogdian, Khotanese and Bactrian, alongside the existing Avestan and Old Persian projects.
Image & rightsItalic
Oscan, Umbrian, Faliscan and South Picene.
Image & rightsMeroitic
Meroitic script, inscriptions and language.
Image & rightsOld Church Slavonic
Old Church Slavonic manuscripts and language.
Image & rightsOld English
Old English texts and language.
Image & rightsOld Irish
Old Irish texts and language.
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Old Norse
Old Norse texts and runic evidence.
Image & rightsOld Turkic
Old Turkic inscriptions and scripts.
Image & rightsPrakrit
Prakrit languages and inscriptions.
Original project artworkProto-Indo-European
A reconstructed language: comparative evidence, not an ancient manuscript.
Image & rightsSouth Arabian
Ancient South Arabian writing and languages.
Image & rightsTibetan
Tibetan texts and script.