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Enigmatic Scripts and Forgotten Tongues
A crossword exploring ancient lost languages and mysterious scripts that vanished through history.
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Across
  • 1. Fictional placeholder to test crossword validity
  • 2. Ancient seafarer whose writings were lost
  • 3. Ancient script that influenced many alphabets
  • 5. Mysterious glyphs from Easter Island
  • 7. Extinct East Germanic language and script
  • 8. Minoan script deciphered in Crete
  • 9. Study of writing systems
  • 10. Early computer encoding, not a lost script but related to scripts
  • 14. Nearly extinct Uralic language
  • 16. Undeciphered script from the ancient Indus Valley
Down
  • 4. A symbol in written language, often ancient
  • 6. Family of languages once unwritten and now endangered
  • 11. Ancient Mesopotamian wedge-shaped writing
  • 12. Relating to symbols used by indigenous tribes often lost in translation
  • 13. Philippine script still used but often considered endangered
  • 15. Ancient Egyptian script used for everyday purposes

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