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Linear Elamite

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Code x-linear-elamite
Script type logo-syllabary
Region Middle Eastern
Status Historical
Direction unknown
Baseline unknown
Case unknown
White space unknown
Complex behaviors unknown
OpenType code unspecified
ISO 15924 Number 942 (private use, alias, or special)

Explanation of script details

Linear Elamite is an undeciphered script used in Elam, a region that coincides with the southwest of modern-day Iran.

This script is not currently recognized by the ISO 15924 standard, but is included in Writing Systems Technical Resources for research purposes. If you have any information on this script, please add the information to this site. Your contributions can be a great help in refining and expanding the ISO 15924 standard. The Script Encoding Initiative is working to support the inclusion of this script in the standard, and contributions here will support their efforts.

There are no known languages that use this script.

The Linear Elamite script is not yet in Unicode. It is not yet in the Roadmap for the Unicode Standard.