Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
Cryptic Roots of Forgotten Tongues
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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Across
- 1. Finno-Ugric language buried within Russian borders, barely known
- 2. Ancient Italic language near the Adriatic, overshadowed by Latin
- 5. Feature where pitch distinguishes meaning, common in some rare dialects
- 6. Global sea-level changes influencing migration and linguistic diffusion
- 7. Dialect of ancient Lesbos, known for Sappho’s verses
- 8. Relating to discourse and derivation, a root of linguistic evolution
- 9. Carved or engraved, relating metaphorically to language inscription
- 10. Common tongue or root language, famously Latin’s ecclesiastical form
Down
- 3. Ancient prefix denoting prehistoric, often used in linguistic contexts
- 4. Scandinavian island dialect retaining archaic Norse elements
- 11. Aztec tongue with an encyclopedic lexicon of pre-Columbian terms
- 12. Obscure Uralic dialect from Arctic Scandinavia, related to Sami
- 13. Common dialect born from Greek city-states’ cultural syncretism
- 14. Writing system type without vowels, foundational in Semitic languages
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