Complete Clue List
Across
1. Branch of the Niger-Congo language family, comprising 45 languages spoken in West Africa
3. Major European language family
7. This country has no less than 11 official languages (init.)
8. Italian for "we" or "us"
9. A French island
11. Province of Indonesia found on an island known for its linguistic diversity
14. Endangered language spoken by indigenous Japanese people
15. You can ____ up foreign language words in a dictionary
17. Old ____, the ancestor of modern Scandinavian languages
18. Synonymous with "against"
20. "A little" in Spanish and Italian, also a musical term
21. Slavic language spoken in Central Europe
24. Afro-Asiatic language cluster of Nigeria; also Spanish for pirate drink
26. January or August in Spanish
27. Turkish title for a military commander
28. Bantu language widely used in East Africa
29. Austroasiatic language related to Khmer
Down
1. Dravidian language, official language of the Indian state of Karnataka
2. Omotic language spoken by the Ethiopian tribe of the same name (alt. spelling)
3. An Indian monarch
4. Malayo-Polynesian language spoken on the island mentioned in 11 across
5. Also known as Bokyi, language of uncertain origin spoken in Nigeria and Cameroon
6. "Sheepish" language sponsored by government in Togo and Ghana
10. Group of Western Nilotic languages spoken in parts of Central and East Africa
11. Extinct Semitic language related to Phoenician, associated with ancient wars
12. Analyze the syntactic components of a sentence
13. First letter of the Hebrew alphabet
16. Group of languages of Southwest Africa, characterized by click consonants
19. ____-Aramaic, a group of Semitic languages spoken in the Middle East
22. Language of indigenous people of New Mexico and Arizona
23. Hindi word for 5 o'clock drink
24. Arabic word for "head"
25. When doubled, a book about Tahiti by Paul Gauguin
26. Mayan language spoken in Mexico and Guatemala