DECIPHERING ANCIENT LANGUAGES

Linguistics (Division 423) 102, Section 003 -- Fall 1999
Instructor: William Baxter

Problem sets

• Problem set 1: A tablet from the early Mediterranean
  (After doing the exercise, go to this explanation to see what the tablet says.)
• Problem set 2: Basic words in eight languages
• Problem set 3: Types of languages
• Problem set 4: The Behistun inscription: Old Persian
• Problem set 5: French proclamation in Egypt
• Semitic languages
• Egyptian cartouches
• The Creation story in Coptic
• Afroasiatic languages
• Harpists and immortal dogs
• Maya hieroglyphs: same and different
• Maya calendrics