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Ancient Tongues and Lost Lexicons
Explore the origins and obscure roots of ancient and forgotten languages through this crossword puzzle.
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  • 1. Refers to a diverse group of language families spoken around the Caucasus Mountains
  • 5. Mysterious ancient language of Italy predating Latin
  • 6. An extinct Indo-European language of Anatolia
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  • 2. Language isolate of ancient Mesopotamia, earliest known written language
  • 3. Abbreviation for the common ancestor of many European and South Asian languages
  • 4. Ancient language of the Nile valley written in hieroglyphs
  • 7. Family of ancient Near Eastern languages including Hebrew and Aramaic
  • 8. Extinct East Germanic language documented in early Christian translations
  • 9. Script used to write Mycenaean Greek, predating classical alphabets
  • 10. Ancient form of Sanskrit found in sacred Hindu texts

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