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Echoes of Lost Linguistic Worlds is a medium crossword puzzle with 18 clues covering . Play it online for free below, or create your own crossword with our free crossword maker.

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Echoes of Lost Linguistic Worlds
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  • 1. Extinct branch of Indo-European spoken in ancient Central Asia
  • 2. Classical language that evolved into the Romance languages, now mostly dead
  • 5. Middle Iranian language once vital on Silk Road trade routes
  • 9. Native American language with a unique syllabary writing system
  • 11. Ancient language of southwestern Iran, known from clay tablets
  • 14. Prefix term referencing an ancient form of a known language family
  • 15. Anatolian language, first attested Indo-European tongue in cuneiform
  • 18. Etruscan word for 'language' or 'speech' (example of a forgotten tongue)
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  • 3. North African language descended from Phoenician, Carthage’s tongue
  • 4. Semitic language of ancient Mesopotamia written in cuneiform
  • 6. A linguistic process common in the phonology of ancient languages
  • 7. East Germanic tongue preserved mainly in religious manuscripts
  • 8. Ancient wedge-shaped script used in Mesopotamia
  • 10. Extinct Northwest Caucasian language known for its large consonant set
  • 12. Ancient language of Hindu scriptures, largely replaced in daily use
  • 13. System of scripts used for Linear A and B, from early Crete
  • 16. Language family including ancient tongues like Akkadian and Phoenician
  • 17. Final stage of the Egyptian language, used in early Christian texts
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