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Echoes of Forgotten Sound Scripts
Moderate difficulty suitable for most players
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  • 1. Symbols believed to have magical or secret power in old writings
  • 2. The quality of spoken tradition as opposed to written language
  • 4. Incan knotted cords used to store information, a non-written sound code
  • 5. Mysterious undeciphered script from Easter Island
  • 8. Ancient alphabet used by Germanic tribes, often carved in stone
  • 10. Material frequently used for ancient manuscripts preserving lost scripts
  • 11. Part of speech altered or lost in many silent ancient scripts
  • 17. Masked performers who used coded gestures and sounds long ago
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  • 3. Hypothetical lost tonal language believed to be spoken in old Europe
  • 6. Ancient Semitic alphabet that influenced many modern scripts
  • 7. Instrument used historically in many cultures for coded communication
  • 9. An ancient shorthand similar to a script for rapid sound transcription
  • 12. Native American syllabary devised in the 19th century
  • 13. Pitch variations crucial to the sound structure of many lost languages
  • 14. A lost method of sound communication from African oral tradition
  • 15. Type of ancient script found on Aegean islands, as in Linear B
  • 16. Sumerian script made by wedged-shaped impressions on clay
  • 18. Individual carved or inscribed symbols in ancient texts

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