CrosswordMint

Ephemeral Tongues: Lexicons of Antiquity is a hard crossword puzzle with 14 clues covering . Play it online for free below, or create your own crossword with our free crossword maker.

1 / 27
Ephemeral Tongues: Lexicons of Antiquity
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
Across
  • 2. Word for inscriptions embodying obsolete linguistic corpora
  • 6. Ancient manuscript compilation of forgotten lexemes
  • 8. Reference to the rare tongue of a Balkan ancient tribe
  • 10. Uralic lost language known from sparse folklore texts
  • 11. Petrological term borrowed metaphorically for indecipherable script
  • 13. Sumerian ritual tablet term denoting a sacred invocation
Down
  • 1. Extinct Indo-European dialect with unique ergative alignment
  • 3. Hypothetical proto-language glossing ancient Mediterranean dialects
  • 4. Obscure term linking lost languages with ancient brewing rites
  • 5. Adjective describing delicate phonetic shifts in dead languages
  • 7. Rare noun for defacement inscriptions in extinct Germanic tongues
  • 9. Lost Anatolian language predating the Hittites
  • 12. Cryptic nod to lost dialects linked with early Cyrillic forms
  • 14. Specialized term for marginalia in archaic scripts
Advertisement

Similar Crossword Puzzles