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Ancient Tongues and Forgotten Scripts
Explore the mysteries of lost languages, extinct alphabets, and ancient scripts with this crossword puzzle focused on linguistic history and decipherment.
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  • 1. One of the earliest writing systems from Mesopotamia
  • 2. Ancient Egyptian script used for daily purposes
  • 3. Ancient Semitic alphabet that influenced modern writing systems
  • 7. Stone that helped decipher Egyptian hieroglyphs
  • 10. Consonant sounds made with the lips, important in phonetics
  • 14. Characters used in early Germanic alphabets
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  • 4. Relating to letters or letter writing, useful for ancient texts
  • 5. Region related to the now extinct ancient script of the area
  • 6. Mysteriously coded or hidden, often describing lost texts
  • 8. Extinct East Germanic language known from biblical translations
  • 9. Hypothetical lost language once spoken in ancient Eurasia
  • 11. Material commonly inscribed with cuneiform or other ancient scripts
  • 12. Latin word for 'language' or 'tongue'
  • 13. Linguist known for work on language and culture relationship
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