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Record Holders Linguistics Crossword Puzzle for Kids is a hard crossword puzzle with 18 clues covering . Play it online for free below, or create your own crossword with our free crossword maker.

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Record Holders Linguistics Crossword Puzzle for Kids
Challenge yourself with this hard crossword puzzle about record holders and extremes in obscure linguistic phenomena, designed for 3rd-5th graders with advanced vocabulary.
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  • 1. Speech sound made by creating suction in the mouth
  • 2. Alphabet system used only by one language
  • 3. Speech replaced by whistles to communicate over distance
  • 6. A word or phrase reading the same backwards
  • 10. Writing system based on syllable units
  • 12. Degree of pronunciation of 'r' sounds in dialects
  • 15. Descriptor for the word with maximum letter length
  • 17. Words formed by rearranging letters of another
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  • 4. Longest non-technical word in Shakespeare's plays
  • 5. Smallest meaningful unit in a language
  • 7. Pitch variation that changes word meaning, common in some languages
  • 8. Smallest unit of sound distinguishing meaning
  • 9. Sequence of multiple vowel sounds without consonants
  • 11. Grammatical pattern contrasting subjects of transitive/intransitive verbs
  • 13. Writing system using symbols for whole words
  • 14. Rare symbol that resembles another exactly
  • 16. Linguistic term for languages with very few consonants
  • 18. Speech sounds that are semi-vowels and connect vowels smoothly
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