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Vanished Tongues of Remote Islands
A crossword exploring extinct and endangered island languages, their cultures, and unique linguistic history.
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  • 1. Indigenous Polynesian language of Tahiti
  • 2. Extinct language once spoken on some Pacific islands
  • 3. Lost script from Easter Island
  • 5. Common English word used to hint languages no longer spoken
  • 6. Explorer or traveler who might discover lost island languages
  • 8. Indigenous language of Guam, endangered but revived
  • 10. A surviving trace of a once spoken island language
Down
  • 4. Ethnolinguistic group whose language variations inhabit many islands
  • 7. Archipelago near Kamchatka with lost Aleut dialects
  • 9. Island famous for its extinct Rongorongo script
  • 11. Island with a language mixing English and Tahitian
  • 12. Carved figures linked to island mythologies and legends
  • 13. Type of tradition preserving island languages without writing
  • 14. Tattoo motifs often linked with island cultural languages

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