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Also known as decypherment

In philology and linguistics, decipherment is the discovery of the meaning of the symbols found in extinct languages and/or alphabets. Decipherment is possible with respect to languages and scripts. One can also study or try to decipher how spoken languages that no longer exist were once pronounced, or how living languages used to be pronounced in prior eras.

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In de filologie is ontcijfering het achterhalen van de betekenis van een onbekend schrift, zodat de taal die het weergeeft leesbaar wordt. Meer precies gaat het over de bepaling van de waarde van de geschreven karakters.

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