There is no consensus about which language or languages the Harappan (Indus Valley Civilization) people spoke.
The script is considered by most to be logo-syllabic, not heiroglyphic.
Farmer, Witzel, Sproat consider it to be a sign system rather than a script associated with any particular language.
Best,
Dean
Dr. Dean Michael Anderson
East West Cultural Institute
Austin, Texas, USA
Pondicherry, India
From: alakendu das via INDOLOGY <indology@list.indology.info>
To: indology@list.indology.info
Sent: Friday, January 27, 2017 11:44 AM
Subject: [INDOLOGY] INDUS CIVILISATION.
To All,
While going through some books on Indus valley civilisation , I failed to find out one
answer. Though the Harappana & Mohenjo daro script has been inferred as more of a Hieroglyphic
type, what dialect/language did they speak ?
Would love to be enlightened on this point.
ALAKEND DAS.
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