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Vanishing Voices of Ancient Tongues
Moderate difficulty suitable for most players
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Across
  • 1. Person fluent in several languages
  • 2. Using similarity to form new words or structures in language
  • 3. Use of two dialects or languages by a single community
  • 5. Describing a language at the brink of extinction
  • 6. Ancient Afro-Asiatic language spoken in parts of Ethiopia
  • 9. Relating to symbolic ancestral spirits in indigenous cultures
  • 11. Polynesian language spoken in the South Pacific
  • 13. Smallest distinct sound unit in a language
  • 16. Latin root meaning 'language' or 'tongue'
  • 18. Whistled language of the Canary Islands
Down
  • 4. To take words from another language
  • 7. System of writing and spelling in a language
  • 8. Regional form of a language with distinct features
  • 10. To bring back to life, often used in language contexts
  • 12. Native American language group at risk
  • 14. To put at risk of extinction
  • 15. Complete vocabulary of a language or a person
  • 17. Organization safeguarding cultural and linguistic heritage
  • 19. A near-extinct language from the Caucasus region

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