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Ancient Scripts of Forgotten Tongues
A crossword exploring extinct and obscure writing systems from ancient civilizations around the world.
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  • 1. Script used by Berber-speaking people of North Africa
  • 2. Old Slavic alphabet created by Saints Cyril and Methodius
  • 5. An extinct Middle Eastern script derived from Aramaic
  • 6. Ancient Egyptian script used for daily purposes
  • 11. An ancient script used in Crete, associated with Mycenaean Greek
  • 14. Early medieval alphabet used primarily to write the early Irish language
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  • 3. Undeciphered script from Easter Island
  • 4. Script used in ancient Gandhara for Prakrit and Sanskrit
  • 7. One of the earliest writing systems developed by the Sumerians
  • 8. Ancient script used in southwestern Iran
  • 9. Script from ancient Sudan, still partly undeciphered
  • 10. Script used for Middle Persian during Sassanian Empire
  • 12. Prehistoric Balkan symbols possibly used as early writing
  • 13. Script invented in the 20th century for writing Somali
  • 15. Script created for a Cameroonian language

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