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Vanished Tongues and Ancient Scripts is a medium crossword puzzle with 17 clues covering . Play it online for free below, or create your own crossword with our free crossword maker.

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Vanished Tongues and Ancient Scripts
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  • 1. An ancient Anatolian language recorded in cuneiform.
  • 3. Typo, replace with 'PHOENICIAN', clue 'Ancient alphabetic script used by sailors and traders in the Mediterranean.'
  • 4. Extinct Indo-European language once spoken in the Tarim Basin.
  • 5. Incorrect, replace with 'DEADU' - no. Instead use 'INDUS', clue 'Script of an undeciphered ancient civilization in South Asia.'
  • 6. Early Greek language written in Linear B script.
  • 10. Script used by Mycenaean Greeks before the Greek alphabet.
  • 12. A code but often confused; avoid! Instead: Replace with 'MYCENEAN', clue 'Ancient Greek script predecessor.'
  • 16. Classic Mesoamerican language with a sophisticated hieroglyphic script.
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  • 2. Language of an ancient Anatolian people with its own alphabet.
  • 7. East Germanic language preserved mainly in religious texts.
  • 8. Ancient alphabetic script used by sailors and traders in the Mediterranean.
  • 9. Extinct Semitic language of ancient Mesopotamia.
  • 11. Language of an ancient civilization in what is now southwest Iran.
  • 13. World's earliest known written language.
  • 14. Script of an undeciphered ancient civilization in South Asia.
  • 15. Preclassic Mesoamerican language from a culture known for colossal heads.
  • 17. Extinct language once spoken in parts of Central America.
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