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Vanished Tongues of Ancient Europe
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  • 1. Obscure extinct language once used in Asia Minor
  • 2. Language of an ancient Sicilian people, mostly known from short inscriptions
  • 3. Ancient Balkan language with scant surviving inscriptions
  • 6. Group of languages once spoken by indigenous people in northern Scandinavia, some dialects now extinct
  • 9. Ancient language spoken in northwest Italy and southeast France
  • 10. Short form for the extinct Northumbrian dialect of Old English
  • 11. Obsolete language of Baltic tribes near the Vistula River
  • 14. Language of an ancient people in northeastern Italy
  • 17. East Germanic language of the early medieval period
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  • 4. Ancient language from the region roughly corresponding to modern Romania
  • 5. Alternative term linked historically to the extinct language of the Sami people (use 'SAAMI' instead)
  • 7. Ancient Italic language documented on inscriptions from southern Italy
  • 8. Extinct Indo-European language once spoken in the western Balkans
  • 12. Extinct member of the Italic language family distinct from Latin
  • 13. North African language once prevalent in ancient Mediterranean colonies
  • 15. Group of ancient Italic languages including Oscan and Umbrian
  • 16. Language spoken by ancient Celtic tribes in what is now France
  • 18. Pre-Indo-European language isolate historically confined to the western Pyrenees
  • 19. Branch of languages largely replaced across Europe by Latin and Germanic tongues

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