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Lost Scripts and Ancient Tongues is a medium crossword puzzle with 19 clues covering . Play it online for free below, or create your own crossword with our free crossword maker.

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Lost Scripts and Ancient Tongues
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  • 1. Ancient Macedonian city with inscriptions in a little-known dialect
  • 2. Ancient Egyptian picture writing system
  • 3. Ancient Mesopotamian script made of wedge-shaped marks
  • 4. Classical language of ancient India, foundational to Hindu texts
  • 7. Era and type of Latin used in medieval Germany
  • 8. Systematic language style named after the father of taxonomy
  • 11. Northwest Semitic language widely spoken in antiquity
  • 13. Obsolete computer encoding language developed by IBM
  • 15. Ancient Mexican language known from inscriptions (Nahuatl variant)
  • 18. Mesoamerican civilization known for early script development
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  • 5. Type of consonantal sound from the back of the throat, rare in many ancient tongues
  • 6. Sanskrit word meaning cosmic law or order in ancient texts
  • 9. Ancient Semitic alphabet precursor to Greek writing
  • 10. Semitic language of ancient Mesopotamia
  • 12. Language spoken by the Aztecs
  • 14. Egyptian script used for daily purposes, simplified from hieroglyphs
  • 16. Nomadic language believed extinct, spoken by Eurasian steppe tribes
  • 17. Extinct East Germanic language known from Bible translations
  • 19. Alphabet used by ancient Germanic peoples
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