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Forgotten Alphabet Systems Crossword Puzzle for High School is a hard crossword puzzle with 16 clues covering . Play it online for free below, or create your own crossword with our free crossword maker.

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Forgotten Alphabet Systems Crossword Puzzle for High School
Challenge your knowledge of ancient and forgotten alphabet systems in this hard crossword puzzle for high school students. Explore trivia and specialized terminology.
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  • 1. Conventional spelling system of a language or script
  • 2. Ancient script used in Palmyra, blending Aramaic and local elements
  • 5. Early medieval alphabet used primarily to write early Irish
  • 6. Old Slavic alphabet preceding Cyrillic, attributed to Saints Cyril and Methodius
  • 8. Script invented in Cameroon in early 20th century to write a local language
  • 9. Aramaic-derived script used by the Nabataeans, precursor to Arabic script
  • 11. Extinct script used for writing a Tibeto-Burman language in medieval China
  • 15. Alphabet developed in the First Bulgarian Empire, now used in Slavic languages
  • 16. Characters of the Germanic alphabets, often found on stones
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  • 3. Type of alphabet with consonants only, like early Semitic scripts
  • 4. Early writing form on clay tablets preceding cuneiform (Lin___ A and B)
  • 7. Ancient script used in the early history of Hebrew writing
  • 10. Semitic alphabet considered ancestor to most modern alphabets
  • 12. Egyptian script derived from hieratic, used in later periods
  • 13. System of naming letters based on words, common in ancient scripts
  • 14. Ancient Mesopotamian script characterized by wedge-shaped marks
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