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Vanished Tongues of Island Worlds
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  • 1. Celtic language once spoken on the Isle of Man and once declared extinct
  • 2. Obscure Polynesian language once used on a central Hawaiian island
  • 3. A cluster of languages once found on islands in Southeast Asia, now diminished
  • 5. Name of an island language from the Austral Islands, now nearly extinct
  • 7. Language linked to ancient Mediterranean island peoples near Corsica and Sardinia
  • 8. Name for the indigenous language of the Canary Islands' original inhabitants
  • 9. An extinct language from islands near the East African coast
  • 14. A little-known language formerly spoken on Sakhalin Island, now endangered
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  • 4. Forgotten North Atlantic language formerly used in Shetland and Orkney
  • 6. Indigenous Taiwanese island language with distinct phonetic features
  • 10. Extinct language from a small island group in the Pacific near Vanuatu
  • 11. Official language of an island nation with roots fading into history
  • 12. Ancient pre-Roman language once spoken on an Italian peninsula island
  • 13. North Atlantic island language, descended from Old Norse but less used now

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