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Enigmatic Vernaculars of Islander Isles
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- 1. Dialect hotspot in the Mariana archipelago with multicultural roots
- 2. Term relating to language of a fiercely isolated Andaman Island group
- 3. Celtic tongue once nearly extinct on a British Isle
- 4. Obscure term for dialectical variations in isolated island linguistics
- 9. Ancient Micronesian tongue with Spanish phonetic imprints
- 10. Hypothetical name for a conlang inspired by island dialect syntax
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- 5. Island whose original dialect traces to whaling age maritime lexicon
- 6. Polynesian vernacular marked by complex vowel harmony
- 7. Ethiopian islanders’ linguistic relic with Judeo-Ethiopic ties
- 8. Island dialect shaped by mutineers and Tahitians
- 11. Polynesian language group spoken on remote Pacific atolls
- 12. Peripatetic bard of Cape Verdean oral tradition
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