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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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