Explore the enigmatic world of lost languages, their scripts, and cultures through this challenging crossword puzzle.
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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