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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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1 vote
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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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3 votes
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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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11 votes
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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. $ \begin{gather*} % set Title text. (spaces around the text ARE …
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5 votes
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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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1 vote
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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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1 vote
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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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-5 votes
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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. …
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