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A puzzle that heavily depends on linguistic features; for instance it may concern foreign languages, or only work in some particular language, or be built around a peculiarity of the English language.
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Can you translate these hieroglyphs?
Translate this following paragraph written in a Unicode encoding of Middle Egyptian hieroglyphs circa 1700 BCE to English. The text is written first from left to right and then from top to bottom, lik …
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Can you translate this from Proto-Turkic?
The following two sentences are written in Proto-Turkic. Decipher them.
Hint:
Kiši yaŋïlïĺ tüĺünükni kïrmaknï kǖsemeŕ. Ɨĺanuk sɨmtakniŋ edgü sēŕür.
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Can you translate this from Proto-Celtic?
The following excerpt from a modern novel is written in Proto-Celtic. Decipher it.
Windeto Enderos rextums anwissoms katowom wirom onkus swexs blēdanyābos aiwestī. Bonnejetor bināti nāmantam talamoni …
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Can you translate these Mayan glyphs?
Translate the following 13 Mayan glyphs shown on the following page that are ordered in the traditional block configuration to form a three sentence story. This text was created by me and is not found …
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What is a Royal Word™?
This puzzle is based off the What is a Word™ and What is a Phrase™ series started by JLee and their spin-off What is a Number™ series.
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\begin{gather*}
% set Title text. (spaces around the text ARE …
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What word am I describing?
Here's a puzzle answerable using only one word in the English language with five letters based on the following text.
स्तैन् ब्लीवस् सैवी
Hint 1:
Yaan ka'ap'éel capas ti' le talamilo'. …
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Can you solve all seven steps of my linguistic scavenger hunt? [closed]
Part 2:
The following text printed in a certain script contains a transliterated paragraph in a language that does not use the script. Decrypt it and translate it to English. … Part 3:
The following text printed in Cyrillic contains a transliterated paragraph in a language that does not use the Cyrillic alphabet. Decrypt it and translate it to English. …
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Can you decipher this transliterated paragraph?
The following text printed in Cyrillic contains a transliterated paragraph in a language that does not use the Cyrillic alphabet. Decrypt it and translate it to English. …
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This is a message encoded in a rather obscure foreign language. What language is it and what...
The following message contains a riddle written in an encrypted form of a rather obscure language lacking a literary standard that is rarely spoken today. …