Indus Valley Script

Japanese: インダス文字 - いんだすもじ
Indus Valley Script

The script used by the Indus Valley Civilization. Nearly 400 scripts are known. Teams from Russia, Northern Europe, and India are currently working on deciphering it using computers, but it has not yet been deciphered. It is believed to have been close to a phonetic alphabet, and the language is presumed to be proto-Dravidian. The characters are generally engraved on lithograph seals, copper pieces, and occasionally on pottery, but the number of characters is small, with the longest inscription being 17. It is written from right to left, with the second line reversed.

[Masaaki Konishi]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

インダス文明に用いられた文字。400種近くの文字が知られている。ロシア連邦、北ヨーロッパ、インドのチームがコンピュータを用いて解読作業を進行中であるが、まだ解読されていない。おそらくは音標文字に近いものであったと思われ、その言語は原ドラビダ系と推定される。文字は概して凍石製方形印章や銅製小片、まれに土器上にも陰刻されるが、その字数は多くなく、最長の刻文でも17字。右から左に書かれ、2行目は逆となっている。

[小西正捷]

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