Explore key moments in the history of forgotten languages with this medium-difficulty crossword puzzle designed for adults and general audiences interested in linguistic history.
Echoes of Ancient Tongues is a medium crossword puzzle with 15 clues covering . Play it online for free below, or create your own crossword with our free crossword maker.
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Echoes of Ancient Tongues
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- 1. Anglo-Saxon tongue spoken before modern English emerged
- 2. Relating to the Eastern Roman Empire's culture and language
- 4. Ancient Greek dialect known from Linear B tablets
- 8. One of the earliest Semitic languages, used in Mesopotamia
- 9. Script used historically for writing Sanskrit in East Asia
- 11. Hungarian scholar noted for research on ancient languages
- 13. An ancient European language family fading in daily use
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- 3. The language of Rome, foundational to many modern tongues
- 5. Maritime Semitic script ancestor of Greek and Latin alphabets
- 6. Ancient language spoken in southwestern Iran, now lost
- 7. Classical language of Indian scriptures, mostly ceremonial now
- 10. Ancient Semitic language once common in the Middle East
- 12. East Germanic language of the early tribes now extinct
- 14. Biblical language revived but once nearly extinct as everyday speech
- 15. Egypt's last phase of the ancient language of the Pharaohs
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