Explore the forgotten languages once spoken across the islands of Oceania, uncovering the cultural heritage and history embedded in these lost tongues.
Vanished Tongues of Pacific Isles
Explore the rich and fading languages once spoken across Oceania with this crossword spotlighting forgotten Pacific dialects and cultural heritage.
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- 1. An extinct Papuan language formerly spoken in New Guinea
- 2. Indigenous language of New Zealand, historically endangered but revived
- 4. Linguistic root not from Oceania, included here to contrast ancient linguistic migrations
- 6. Named for historic Polynesian voyager, linked to cultural transmission of language
- 9. A nearly forgotten Papuan language cluster in Papua New Guinea
- 10. Reference to languages of Emae Island, now classified endangered
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- 3. Means 'island' in several Austronesian languages, representing island languages
- 5. Root for Pama-Nyungan languages, many of which have extinct members in Australia
- 7. Prefix relating to languages of the greater Pacific region
- 8. Polynesian language still spoken but with some dialects that have faded
- 11. A nearly extinct Papuan language from Indonesia's Flores island
- 12. Term historically used for Pacific Islander laborers, linked to language and culture
- 13. An extinct language once spoken in West Papua
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