is it a plus or a minus that we live in an age where a zelda fan can go down a rabbit hole and wind up studying the wikipedia page for linear b
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@Lady Hang on let me google something right quick and I'll let you know
@Lady I'mma go with a Plus
@Lady Also the fact that you would start with Zelda lore and end up reading about Mycenaean script is exactly why we are friends
@coriander so there are two syllabic Hylian scripts in the legend of zelda (because all Hylian scripts are simple subtitution ciphers of either English or Japanese)
ONE of them i can pretty comfortably align with Linear B; it’s old, it’s used in a region with Greek influence, it was previously used for a different language which nobody today understands
the OTHER one i am just kinda throwing my hands up over because Zelda is very indo‐european and indo‐european languages just didn’t do syllabaries much because uhhh
we have words like “strength”
so i’m just like maybe it’s Celtiberian??? i guess?? i don’t have any celtic influence evidenced in Zelda anywhere right now lol but it’s the closest i can come up with
@Lady Now I'm just thinking about Zelda inspired by ancient Celtic culture, thanks