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Vanished Tongues of Ancient Civilizations
Explore the mystery and history of extinct languages from around the world with this crossword puzzle.
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Across
  • 1. Ancient Semitic language influential but now extinct
  • 2. Ancient Indo-Aryan language of classical India
  • 3. Pertaining to family rulers often associated with ancient lost languages
  • 6. Extinct branch of Indo-European languages once spoken in Xinjiang
  • 8. The ancient writing system of Sumer, used in extinct languages
  • 9. Extinct Semitic language from ancient Syria
  • 12. Language spoken in the ancient Near East, now extinct
  • 14. Classical language that evolved but lost original dialects
  • 17. Extinct language formerly spoken in Sierra Leone
Down
  • 4. Symbolic clue for the loss or extinction of a language
  • 5. Extinct East Germanic language of the Vandals
  • 7. Ancient handwritten document that preserves lost languages
  • 10. Describes early forms of languages that disappeared
  • 11. An extinct form of writing using wooden blocks (hinting at lost scripts)
  • 13. East Germanic language once spoken by the Goths
  • 15. Language of the Aztecs, largely lost after Spanish conquest
  • 16. Historical script used in Central Asia, related to lost languages
  • 18. A linguistic term often appearing in studies of lost languages

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