Explore the mysterious and forgotten languages that once echoed through ancient civilizations in this engaging crossword puzzle.
Echoes of Ancient Lost Tongues
Uncover the mysteries of extinct and forgotten languages with this crossword puzzle exploring ancient scripts, vanished dialects, and linguistic relics from history.
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- 1. Ancient language of Elam in present-day southwestern Iran
- 2. Ancient Indo-Aryan language of classical India
- 3. System involving Latin-based names, inspired by Carl Linnaeus (included as a linguistic reference)
- 5. One of the earliest systems of writing, used in Mesopotamia
- 7. Short for 'dead language', no longer spoken or used
- 9. Extinct language isolate once spoken in Papua New Guinea
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- 4. Ancient Anatolian language and first Indo-European recorded language
- 6. Language spoken in ancient Mesopotamia, written in cuneiform
- 8. Greek Stoic philosopher whose works include linguistic elements (metaphoric link to ancient knowledge)
- 10. Extinct East Germanic language associated with the Goths
- 11. Term sometimes associated with lost language groups in Africa (used metaphorically)
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