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Whispers of Europe's Lost Tongues
Explore the vanished languages of Europe through this challenging crossword highlighting extinct and endangered European tongues and linguistic heritage.
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Across
- 1. Closest living language relative to English, nearly lost
- 2. Ancient language from what is now Portugal
- 3. Romance language of northwest Spain with Celtic roots
- 4. Romance language once widespread in southern France
- 6. Extinct Romance language of the Dalmatian coast
- 10. Slavic minority language in eastern Germany
- 11. East Germanic language of the Vandals
- 16. Classical language that influenced many European tongues
Down
- 5. Common ancestor of all Slavic languages
- 7. Historical Jewish language combining German and Hebrew
- 8. Language of ancient Mediterranean traders
- 9. Mysterious ancient language of Italy predating Latin
- 12. Celtic language of Brittany, France, facing decline
- 13. Extinct Indo-European language once spoken in Asia
- 14. East Germanic language once spoken by the Goths
- 15. Northwest Caucasian language with complex phonology
- 17. Old French dialect brought to England by Vikings
- 18. Pre-Indo-European language once used in Iran
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