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Not to be confused with Minoan the language written in Linear A a millennium earlier than Eteocretan.Eteocretan /ˌiːtɪoʊˈkriːtən ˌɛt-/ (lit. true Cretan from Greek ἐτεός meaning true + Cretan) is the non-Greek language of a few alphabetic inscriptions of ancient Crete.In eastern Crete about half a dozen inscriptions have been found which though written in Greek alphabets are clearly not Greek. These inscriptions date from the late 7th or early 6th century down to the 3rd century BC.
