CrossWord Puzzles in all Languages?

[Bhaktajan II]

Is it possible that certain launguages of the world do NOT allow for the formation of Cross-Word Puzzles, as we know them, in the west? Are some languages incapable of being made into Cross-Word Puzzles?




<You see, these are the kind of things I think about.>

 

[seattlegal]

according to wiki, the game Scrabble is available in these languages:

• English
• Afrikaans
• Arabic
• Bulgarian
• Catalan
• Croatian
• Czech
• Danish
• Dutch
• Esperanto
• Finnish
• French

• German
• Greek
• Hebrew
• Hungarian
• Icelandic
• Irish
• Italian
• Latin
• Latvian
• Lithuanian
• Malaysian
• Norwegian

• Polish
• Portuguese
• Romanian
• Russian
• Slovak
• Slovenian
• Spanish
• Swedish
• Turkish
• Welsh

Scrabble letter distributions - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[Bhaktajan II]

No Chinese?
No Hindi?
Arabic??????
No Persian?
No Japanese?
No Korean?
Definately no Egyptian!!!
Do native American Indian Tribes have a written language?


Esperanto must be selling off the shelves!

 

[seattlegal]

No Chinese?

http://www.amazon.com/Chinese-Crosswords-Edition-Tong-Yan/dp/1592650732

No Hindi?

Amazon.com: Hindi - Webster's Specialty Crossword Puzzles: Icon Group International: Books

Arabic??????
No Persian?

Found some on the web.

No Japanese?

Amazon.com: Easy Japanese Crossword Puzzles: Using Kana (English and Japanese Edition) (9780844283456): Rita Lampkin: Books

No Korean?

Found some on the web

Definately no Egyptian!!!

might be difficult with the determiners

Do native American Indian Tribes have a written language?

Most use Latin letters like English does.

Esperanto must be selling off the shelves!

ROFLMAO

 

[Bhaktajan II]

We may have a problem Houston.

Be sure to use phrases or sentences, many Chinese words are only one character long and will not provide you with a quality crossword puzzle.

This is the problem I have referred to:
"Words that are written as a Single Character"

I am doubtful that languages without a phonetic alphabeth ---as we do ---cannot do crosswords.

The Japanese have made adjustments vis the formation of Kanji lettering.

I am 'assuming' that there may be a similar problem for Arabic too.

 

[seattlegal]

We may have a problem Houston.



This is the problem I have referred to:
"Words that are written as a Single Character"

I am doubtful that languages without a phonetic alphabeth ---as we do ---cannot do crosswords.

The Japanese have made adjustments vis the formation of Kanji lettering.

I am 'assuming' that there may be a similar problem for Arabic too.

Arabic has a phonetic alphabet.
Arabic alphabet - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia