Perfect for beginners with simple, common vocabulary
Ancient Scripts and Lost Tongues
Moderate difficulty suitable for most players
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Across
- 1. Early Mesoamerican civilization with mysterious symbols
- 3. Language of the ancient city of Uruk, oldest known written tongue
- 4. Fine parchment made from calfskin used in medieval manuscripts
- 6. Ancient Egyptian script simplified from hieratic
- 7. Adjective relating to the 18th-century naturalist who classified languages
- 9. Ancient Chinese script named after the heavens
- 11. Consonant-only writing systems like early Semitic scripts
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- 2. Carved symbols or pictographs in ancient inscriptions
- 5. Characters used in early Germanic alphabets
- 8. Wedge-shaped writing system of ancient Mesopotamia
- 10. Writing material made from Egyptian reeds
- 12. Edward, a key figure in structural linguistics
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