The Importance of Language Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• rosetta : the _ stone was discovered in 1799. it had three different scripts engraved in it.
• phonetic : unlike chinese, english is a _ writing system.
• deaf : sign language is used by _ people.
• letters : english has 26 _ .
• inscription : an engraved message
• transliteration : translating one language into another that uses a different writing system
• malapropism : confusion between two similar words
• written : before europeans came to the americas, native americans had no _ languages.
• egypt : the earliest alphabets may have been invented in this country.
• linguist : a person who studies languages
• gesture : an example of body language
• capital : proper nouns begin with this type of letter.
• symbols : the majority of alphabets have 20 to 30 _ .
• mandarin : the most common language in the world
• cherokee : this native american tribe has its own writing system.
• plains : this indian tribe may have invented the first sign language.
• hieroglyphics : written language of ancient egypt
• interpreter : someone who translates
• punjabi : a common language in northern india
• vowel : the letter "y" is sometimes a _ .