Explore the mysteries of extinct languages and ancient writing systems in this captivating crossword puzzle about lost languages and scripts.
Ancient Scripts and Forgotten Tongues
Explore the mysterious world of lost languages and scripts through this engaging crossword puzzle, uncovering forgotten alphabets, extinct dialects, and legendary writing systems.
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Across
- 1. Ancient form of Sanskrit found in sacred texts
- 2. An obscure IBM character encoding system unrelated to alphabets
- 3. Pictographic script used by the Naxi people of China
- 4. Undeciphered script from Easter Island
- 5. Ancient Anatolian language that used cuneiform
- 12. Extinct East Germanic language known from manuscripts
- 13. Alphabet used by Germanic tribes, often carved in stone
- 15. Script of the Kingdom of Kush, still partially undeciphered
- 17. Describes something belonging to the very early past
Down
- 6. Extinct language once spoken in southern Italy
- 7. Script ancestral to many modern alphabets
- 8. Capital city whose name is linked to a Tibetan script
- 9. Minoan script used on Crete before the Greek alphabet
- 10. Ancient Egyptian script used for daily purposes
- 11. Fictional word to test validity (removed for realism)
- 14. One of the earliest systems of writing in Mesopotamia
- 16. Ancient language of southwestern Iran, undeciphered scripts
- 18. Script from a Bronze Age civilization in South Asia
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