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Ancient Tongues and Lost Scripts
Explore the enigmatic world of forgotten languages through 15 carefully selected words and clues that uncover ancient tongues, extinct alphabets, and linguistic mysteries.
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  • 1. Extinct East Germanic language once used by tribes
  • 2. Ancient Semitic script that influenced alphabets
  • 3. Language of pharaohs, written in hieroglyphs
  • 6. Classical Indian language, once widely spoken
  • 8. Ancient script and language of Central American civilization
  • 12. An extremely old extinct Papuan language
  • 15. Group of ancient European languages including Gaulish
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  • 4. A Bronze Age script used in Crete, still partly undeciphered
  • 5. Study of language, including extinct and ancient forms
  • 7. Wedge-shaped writing used in ancient Mesopotamia
  • 9. Earliest known written language from Mesopotamia
  • 10. Naming system where symbols represent words or sounds
  • 11. Mysterious ancient Italian language predating Latin
  • 13. An ancient Anatolian language written in cuneiform
  • 14. Undeciphered manuscript language and script, mysterious

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