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Ancient Scripts and Forgotten Tongues
A crossword exploring mysterious lost languages and extinct writing systems from history.
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Across
  • 1. Script from ancient South Asian civilization, still unread
  • 3. Rare ancient script or language reference
  • 4. Ancient Berber script still used in North Africa
  • 6. Ancient Central Asian kingdom's language and script
  • 7. Alphabetic script influential to Greek and Latin
  • 10. Mesoamerican writing system of Oaxaca, partially deciphered
  • 14. Ancient Egyptian script used after hieroglyphs
  • 16. Hypothetical or lesser-known ancient script (short for Easter script)
  • 17. Script ancestral to Arabic script
Down
  • 2. West African script invented in early 20th century
  • 5. Ancient Anatolian language using cuneiform
  • 8. Undeciphered ancient script used in Crete
  • 9. Undeciphered script of Easter Island
  • 11. Latin word meaning language, often used in linguistic names
  • 12. Early wedge-shaped writing from Mesopotamia
  • 13. Character encoding, not language but related to script
  • 15. Famous illustrated manuscript in unknown language
  • 18. Indus Valley Civilization's enigmatic script
  • 19. Ancient Mesoamerican civilization with some undeciphered glyphs
  • 20. Ancient Nubian script with partly understood signs

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