%0 Journal Article %1 Rao_2009 %A Rao, Rajesh P. N. %A Yadav, Nisha %A Vahia, Mayank N. %A Joglekar, Hrishikesh %A Adhikari, R. %A Mahadevan, Iravatham %D 2009 %J Science %K 2009 adhikari entropy indus joglekar language mahadevan rao script structure vahia yadav %N 5931 %P 1165- %R 10.1126/science.1170391 %T Entropic Evidence for Linguistic Structure in the Indus Script %U http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/324/5931/1165 %V 324 %X The script of the ancient Indus civilization remains undeciphered. The hypothesis that the script encodes language has recently been questioned. Here, we present evidence for the linguistic hypothesis by showing that the script's conditional entropy is closer to those of natural languages than various types of nonlinguistic systems.

@article{Rao_2009, abstract = {The script of the ancient Indus civilization remains undeciphered. The hypothesis that the script encodes language has recently been questioned. Here, we present evidence for the linguistic hypothesis by showing that the script's conditional entropy is closer to those of natural languages than various types of nonlinguistic systems. }, added-at = {2010-04-01T14:17:16.000+0200}, author = {Rao, Rajesh P. N. and Yadav, Nisha and Vahia, Mayank N. and Joglekar, Hrishikesh and Adhikari, R. and Mahadevan, Iravatham}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/26ae51fb07bdaffd62e43a394ec5bec72/vittorio.loreto}, doi = {10.1126/science.1170391}, eprint = {http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/reprint/324/5931/1165.pdf}, interhash = {39bdd5cdce85a0b8b3abc93b97edff1d}, intrahash = {6ae51fb07bdaffd62e43a394ec5bec72}, journal = {Science}, keywords = {2009 adhikari entropy indus joglekar language mahadevan rao script structure vahia yadav}, number = 5931, pages = {1165-}, timestamp = {2010-04-01T14:17:16.000+0200}, title = {{Entropic Evidence for Linguistic Structure in the Indus Script}}, url = {http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/324/5931/1165}, volume = 324, year = 2009 }