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Vanished Island Tongues and Echoes
Explore the extinct and ancient languages once spoken across remote islands, highlighting their cultural heritage and linguistic mystery.
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  • 1. Language family covering many island tongues
  • 4. Status describing vulnerable island languages
  • 5. Extinct Papuan language once spoken on Manus Island
  • 8. Extinct Polynesian language from Rapa Island
  • 9. Lost language of Efate Island in Vanuatu
  • 10. Name of ancient culture linked to early island languages
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  • 2. Ancestor language of many Pacific island tongues
  • 3. Polynesian language once spoken on Mangareva Island
  • 6. Language family with extinct island dialects in Southeast Asia
  • 7. Language group wiped out after European colonization
  • 11. Endangered language of Palau’s islands
  • 12. Language with no known relatives found on some islands
  • 13. Extinct language of New Guinea's Moiki Island
  • 14. Term for a language no longer spoken

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