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Vanished Voices of Europe’s Past
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- 1. Ancient language once spoken in southwestern Iran, influencing European studies
- 2. Old French term meaning 'old' often linked to early medieval texts
- 3. East Germanic language once spoken by a famous tribe
- 4. Obscure ancient language of central Italy, predating Latin
- 6. Old dialect spoken in parts of medieval Central Europe (relating to Burgundian)
- 7. Earlier form of Sami languages, spoken in northern Scandinavia
- 12. Pre-Roman language in the eastern Iberian Peninsula
- 13. Language of a people conquered by Romans in what is now Romania
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- 5. Old northern French dialect that is now largely obsolete
- 8. Extinct language once spoken in the Balkans before Slavic spread
- 9. Scripts used by early Germanic peoples, linked to extinct dialects
- 10. Ancient pre-Roman language from the area of modern Portugal
- 11. Extinct language of ancient northeastern Italy, distinct from Latin
- 14. Ancient language family of Ireland and Britain, mostly extinct
- 15. Celtic language of ancient France, vanished after Roman conquest
- 16. Classical language that shaped many European tongues
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