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Esoteric Scripts and Linguistic Roots
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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  • 1. Analysis of writing systems' origin and structure
  • 2. Medieval rooms where Latin manuscripts were painstakingly copied
  • 3. Discipline of compiling dictionaries, key to language origins
  • 4. Hypothetical reconstructed base language from Austronesian roots
  • 5. Deliberate obscurity or double meaning in language origin puzzles
  • 10. Historical linguistic study uncovering ancient texts' meanings
  • 11. Another term for studying carved ancient inscriptions deeply
  • 14. The science deciphering inscriptions, often cryptic and old
  • 15. Symbol representing word rather than sound, ancient usage
  • 18. Classical Indian language foundational to many Indo-European tongues
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  • 6. Simplified Egyptian script used by priests, derivative of hieroglyphs
  • 7. Study of ancient inscriptions carved in stone or metal
  • 8. Philosophical method enriching language evolution and divergence
  • 9. Study of word forms and structures within languages
  • 12. Root language family bridging European and South Asian tongues
  • 13. Wedge-shaped script from ancient Mesopotamia's scribes
  • 16. Tracing words back to their earliest linguistic roots
  • 17. Smallest distinct sound units in spoken language analysis
  • 19. Later Egyptian script, streamlined from hieroglyphic tradition

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