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September 16, 2025Journal of Research in Humanities and Social Science0 citationsOpen Access

An Estimate of the Indus Valley Language Phonology

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IKIoannis K. KenanidisEPEvangelos C. Papakitsos

Key Points

  • The study identifies the Indus Valley language as an Altaic language, enhancing our understanding of ancient linguistics.
  • Multiple comparative analyses highlighted phonological similarities with contemporary scripts, particularly Minoan scripts.
  • A detailed examination reveals 67 main syllabograms that characterize the structure of the Indus Valley Script.
  • Insights into the language's phonology could inform evolutionary linguistics and historical language connections.

Abstract

In this paper, a study is presented for the decipherment of the Indus Valley Script and the determining of the rendered language, termed Indus Valley Language. The study is mainly based on three pillars: the first being the pictorial similarity of the Indus Valley Script signs to other contemporary scripts, notably the Minoan scripts of Crete and Cyprus; the second being the linguistic affiliation to Sumerian and other Altaic languages; the third being a broader knowledge of Comparative Linguistics. The result finally describes an Altaic language, written with a script of 67 main syllabograms.

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Kenanidis et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68d4566c31b076d99fa5ba46https://doi.org/10.35629/9467-1308171194
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