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Vanishing Voices of Dying Tongues
Moderate difficulty suitable for most players
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Across
  • 1. Brief explanation of a word or phrase in a different language
  • 2. Able to speak two languages fluently
  • 3. Traditional beliefs and stories tied to a culture's language
  • 4. Opposite of spoken language, sometimes used when a language no longer has speakers
  • 6. To watch carefully, important in language documentation
  • 7. Study of sound systems in language
  • 11. Study of different peoples and languages
  • 13. Latin root meaning 'language' or 'tongue'
  • 16. Prefix meaning 'correct', as in spelling or writing system
  • 18. A stable natural language developed from a mixture of different languages
Down
  • 5. Writing system used to represent a language
  • 8. Complete set of words in a language
  • 9. Ability to speak a language smoothly and easily
  • 10. Original language spoken from birth
  • 12. Effort to bring a language back into use
  • 14. To convert words from one language to another
  • 15. Describes a language at the brink of extinction
  • 17. Regional variety of a language
  • 19. Inherited traditions including language and culture

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