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Vanished Tongues of Island Realms
Explore the lost and extinct languages once spoken across remote islands through this crossword puzzle highlighting their unique linguistic legacies.
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Across
  • 1. Term related to lost languages of islands in the Bering Sea region
  • 2. Indigenous language once widely spoken on Guam
  • 4. Name tied historically to island dialect studies
  • 5. Language from Marquesas Islands, related to Polynesian families
  • 6. Ancient language related to Palmyra, sometimes linked culturally to island tongues
  • 12. Extinct language formerly spoken on Abaiang atoll
  • 14. Island whose language is nearly extinct in the Solomon Islands
  • 15. Island famous for the extinct Rapa Nui language
  • 16. Nearly lost language from Haida Gwaii islands
  • 19. Extinct Celtic language from the Isle of Man
Down
  • 3. Island chain with lost Ainu language elements
  • 7. Lost language of a highland island-like territory in South America
  • 8. Indigenous language that many island dialects derived from
  • 9. Original Polynesian language of Easter Island
  • 10. Extinct language linked to island groups in Micronesia
  • 11. Language of Nauru, once endangered island tongue
  • 13. A Polynesian language with dialects on several islands
  • 17. A surviving Polynesian language from Tonga Islands
  • 18. Extinct language from an Indian island tribe
  • 20. South African language, unrelated but shares characteristics of island isolation

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