一个新的研究表明,最近在希腊发现的粘土碑碎片上的记号,是欧洲现知最早的可辨认的文字。
Marks on a clay tablet fragment found in Greece are the oldest known decipherable text in Europe, a new study says.
语言学家们已经辨认出数千个来自各种西非语言的确定无误的非洲文字。
Thousands of distinct African words coming from various West African languages have been identified by linguists.
不过,石碑上的蚀痕和裂隙使文字的结尾几乎难以辨认。
However, erosion and a crack in the stone make the end of the passage almost illegible.
At first there was doubt and controversy, which has completely gone away, as more and more examples of this writing have become available and scholars are now able, by and large, to be confident that they know what these things say.
开始的时候还充斥着质疑的声音,而现在已经无可争议,因为已经有,越来越多这样的文字出土,学者们现在,对辨认出这些东西的含义,相当有自信了
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