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Cryptic Alphabets and Forgotten Tongues
A crossword exploring rare and lesser-known languages and writing systems from history and the present.
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  • 1. Pre-Columbian civilization with early script in Mesoamerica
  • 3. A genus name often used as last in alphabetical lists (used here as an obscure language code)
  • 6. Arabic script adapted for Syriac language
  • 7. Indigenous language and script from Oaxaca, Mexico
  • 10. Alternative name for the Dzongkha language of Bhutan
  • 11. Ancient Indo-Aryan language precursor to Sanskrit
  • 13. Mayan language with distinct syllabary
  • 14. Invented script created by Tolkien
  • 16. Final stage of the ancient Egyptian language
  • 19. Alphabet historically used by Germanic tribes
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  • 2. A rarely studied indigenous language of the Amazon
  • 4. Script created for the Somali language in the 1920s
  • 5. Script used by Berber languages in North Africa
  • 8. Stylized name for ancient, indecipherable writing
  • 9. Ancient undeciphered script from Crete
  • 12. Language and script from ancient southwestern Iran
  • 15. Writing system used to write the Maldivian language
  • 17. Ancient script used in India before Devanagari
  • 18. Unique speech sound in some Southern African languages
  • 20. Language of the Aztecs with pictographic script

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