Lost Tropical Languages Crossword Puzzle for High School
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Explore key terms about lost languages of the tropics in this easy crossword puzzle, perfect for high school students studying language extinction and culture.
Tropical Tongues and Vanished Scripts is a medium crossword puzzle with 11 clues covering . Play it online for free below, or create your own crossword with our free crossword maker.
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Tropical Tongues and Vanished Scripts
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- 1. Language family once dominant along coastal Brazil, largely extinct today
- 2. Brazilian river basin home to several lost or endangered tongues
- 4. Ancient Mesoamerican civilization known for early writing systems
- 5. Extinct or nearly extinct language from Colombia’s tropical forests
- 7. Indigenous language often studied, originally spoken in northern Japan, tropical link less direct but studied similarly as endangered tongue
- 8. Indigenous Amazonian group with a nearly extinct language
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- 3. Polynesian carved figure often linked to ancestral spirits
- 6. Mesoamerican term for a spirit or shapeshifter often found in folklore
- 9. Ancient wedge-shaped script, one of the earliest writing systems (used in Mesopotamia, but relevant for script study)
- 10. South American indigenous tribe with a lesser-known extinct language
- 11. Central African people with an extinct language once spoken in tropical forest
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