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Vanished Tongues Across Oceanic Isles
Explore the mysterious lost languages once spoken on remote islands around the world through this engaging crossword puzzle.
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Across
  • 1. Island kingdom with a language once overshadowed by colonization languages
  • 2. Remote island with an extinct language, home to Moai statues
  • 4. Language once dominant in Polynesia, with some dialects now extinct
  • 5. Lost Polynesian language formerly spoken in the Solomon Islands
  • 7. New Caledonian islander's original language, many dialects lost
  • 9. Filipino island with ancient languages no longer in use
  • 13. Extinct language from a Micronesian island group
  • 14. Hypothetical extinct island language reconstructed by linguists
  • 16. Micronesian island known for unique, endangered languages
Down
  • 3. Forgotten island language group from the Indian Ocean
  • 6. Indigenous language of Guam with historic decline
  • 8. Indigenous language family, some dialects now extinct on island regions
  • 10. Small Pacific island where original languages have disappeared
  • 11. Unique island language of Madagascar with extinct dialects
  • 12. Polynesian language facing dialect loss on some islands
  • 15. Ancient Greek dialect linked to island populations, now lost
  • 17. Statues linked to the vanished Rapa Nui language
  • 18. Language family influencing island dialects off Africa, some sub-languages lost

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