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· By ΨΩ · Published by wrcmatthew · Published 2024-12-31T16:00:30.417Z

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Do not expect this to be easy.
You might die from doing this crossword as it is basically impossible. You may use Google/Ethnologue to do this (although this may turn into just easy ~ hard research questions).
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    This language is a part of the Western Siouan languages. It is critically endangered and has 27 consonants.
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    1. 1A
      This language is a part of the Western Siouan languages. It is critically endangered and has 27 consonants.
    2. 7A
      This language is part of the Lakes Plain language family. It has 11 tones and 19 simple and compound tones on verbs.
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      It is a shortening of a language in the Hmong-Mein language family. It is one of the official language of the Jinxiu county of Gungxi.
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      This language is part of the branch of the same name of the Sino-Tibetian language family. It has 47 consonants and 11 vowels and is separated into 2 dialects.
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      This language is part of the Nubian branch of the Nilo-Saharan language family. It is spoken by a minority of the Danagla people.
    6. 16A
      This language is part of the Karluk branch of the Turkic language family. It can be written in 3 different writing scripts and around 33M+ speakers.
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      This language is part of the Meso-Melanesian languages within the Austronesian language family. This language is spoken on Nissan island.
    8. 20A
      This language is part of the Kayan-Murik languages within the Austronesian language family. It has 16 consonants natively and 8 vowels.
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      This language is part of the North-Central Vanuatu languages within the Austronesian language family. It is spoken at the interior of the southeast of Santo Island.
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      This language is part of the Kwa branch of the Atlantic-Congo language family. It is spoken at the southeastern and capital of Ghana and has around 900K+ speakers.
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      This language is part of the Bantu branch of the Atlantic-Congo language family. It is spoken in the Democratic Republic of Congo and has around 25K speakers.
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      This language is part of the Ngero-Vitiaz languages of the Austronesian family. The name means "on the mangrove".
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      This language is part of the Sepik family, This language is Severely Endangered and has only 10 speakers.
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      (HARD) This is a dialect of the Wa(?) and is part of the Austroasiatic language family.
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      This language is part of the Kra branch of the Kra-Dai family. They do not use a writing system and there are around 200 speakers.
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      This language is part of the North New Guinea branch of the Austronesian family. It is spoken on the Wakde Island.
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      This language is part of the Plateau branch of the Atlantic-Congo family. It is spoken in three villages.
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      An ISO code for a language that is is part of the Eastern branch of the Nyulnyulan language family. This language is spoken around the Lower Fitzroy River
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      This dialect is part of a language that is part of the Western Worrorran group of the Worrorran language family. This dialect is not being spoken anymore.
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      This language is part of the Senagi language family. It is not being spoken as much by their younger generations.
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      This language is part of the Chibchan language family. It is currently being revitalized and now has 740 speakers.
    22. 39A
      This language is part of the Ndu languages of the Sepik language family. It is one of the more well known Ndu languages.
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      This language is part of a language family of the same name. It is critically endangered with no native speakers left.
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      This language is part of the North-Centra Vanuatu languages of the Austronesian language family. It is spoken around the south of Pentecost Island.
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      This language is part of the Trans-New Guinea language family(?). It is mainly spoken on the Bird's Head Peninsula.
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      A ethnicity whose language is part of the Goilalan languages of the Trans-New Guinea language family.
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      This language is part of the South Bougainville languages. It has around 1K speakers.
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      (Medium ~ HARD) This is a duplicate answer (you can figure this out) so I'll be giving the hint for the one square on the bottom right corner: This language is a mixed language and can be considered to be derived from both Tai-Kadai & Sino-Tibetan language families.
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      This language is part of the South Halmahera–West New Guinea languages of the Austronesian language family. This language originally from Gag island.
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      (Different name on Wikipedia) This language is part of the Admiralty Islands languages of the Austronesian language family. It is spoken on a single village on Nauna.
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      (Mishap I'm too lazy to change, switch the second and third letters if you found the answer) This language is part of the Gbaya languages of the Atlantic-Congo language family. It was merged into language of Suma
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      A variation name of a language part of the Kanyara–Mantharta languages of the Pama–Nyungan language family. It was thought to b=have been extinct until 6 speakers were found.
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      (Different name on Wikipedia) This language is part of a language family with 1 other language. This language can also be called Carnijó.
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      This sign language is taught in certain special schools and the ASLIZ is promoting recognition and support for this language. The ISO 639 code for this is zsl
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      This language is part of the Southern Bantoid languages of the Atlantic-Congo language family. It is spoken in the Singida Region of Tanzania.
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      This language is part of the Thura-Yura languages of the Pama-Nyungan language family. It went extinct by 1975 and had ISO code jui.
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      This language is part of the Finisterre languages of the Trans-New Guinea language family. It is spoken in a single village in Madang Province.
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      This language is part of the Kamula–Elevala languages of the Trans–New Guinea language family. It has 17 consonants and 6 vowels.
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      This language is part of the Eastern Nilotic languages of the Eastern Sudanic language family. It has 1.5M speakers and has another common name referring to the people who speak this language.
    18. 36D
      A variety of the language that is part of the Katuic languages of the Austroasiatic language family. The language has 220K speakers.
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