Language History

2. - Beautiful or artistic handwriting.
3. - A set of letters used to write a language.
6. - The language of ancient Rome.
7. - A system of writing using pictures and symbols, often associated with ancient Egypt.
8. - An ancient language of India.
11. - A mark or character that represents an idea or object.
13. - Writing carved or engraved on a surface.
15. -family of languages derived from Vulgar Latin, spoken by over 1.2 billion people globally.
16. - An ancient system of writing that used wedge-shaped marks on clay tablets, used in Mesopotamia.
17. - To figure out the meaning of something that is difficult to understand, like an ancient script.
18. - A handwritten document or book.
20. - A room in a monastery for copying and preserving manuscripts.

1. - A material made from reeds used for writing in ancient Egypt.
3. - Very old, from a long time ago.
4. - Changing text from one language to another.
5. -relating to or denoting the branch of the Indo-European language family that includes English, German, Dutch, Frisian, the Scandinavian languages, and Gothic.
8. - A person who writes or records information in ancient times.
9. - A symbolic figure or character.
10. - A simple picture or symbol that represents an object or concept.
12. - Relating to the sounds of spoken language.
14. - A system of writing used for a specific language.
19. Stone - An ancient artifact with inscriptions in three scripts that helped decode Egyptian hieroglyphics.