Explore the lost and extinct languages once spoken across remote islands through this crossword puzzle highlighting their unique linguistic legacies.
Vanished Island Tongues and Scripts
Explore the cryptic world of extinct island languages through clues on vanished tongues, native dialects, and ancient scripts once spoken across remote isles.
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- 1. Extinct language of an island in the Philippines
- 3. Undeciphered script from Easter Island
- 5. Extinct language from islands in Vanuatu
- 6. Major language of Fiji Islands with lost dialects
- 7. Extinct Aboriginal language family from Australian islands
- 11. Lost Melanesian language of the Solomon Islands
- 12. Obscure extinct island dialect from Japan
- 15. Extinct Polynesian dialect tied to tattoo symbology
- 16. Polynesian language native to a South Pacific island group
- 19. Hypothetical lost language of an unknown Pacific isle
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- 2. Extinct language once spoken on Tristan da Cunha
- 4. Island associated with lost Nahua-based dialect
- 8. Maritime Southeast Asian archipelago known for diverse languages
- 9. Island where ancient Chamorro language was spoken
- 10. Lost dialect from the Marquesas Islands in French Polynesia
- 13. Lesser-known lost island tongue from the Indian Ocean
- 14. Ancient island language of Guam and Northern Mariana Islands
- 17. Polynesian cultural symbol associated with island languages
- 18. Now extinct language of Tierra del Fuego islands
- 20. Indigenous Caribbean island language now extinct
- 21. Family of Polynesian languages with extinct members
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