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Ancient Tongues Along Silk Roads
Explore the vanished languages that thrived on historic trade routes connecting cultures and continents.
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Across
  • 1. Extinct Anatolian language once widespread
  • 2. Nomadic tribe language spoken on trade paths
  • 3. Official language of Roman trade and governance
  • 5. Script of early Turkic inscriptions
  • 6. Script used in the Kingdom of Kush
  • 7. Language of merchants on the Silk Road
  • 10. Classical trade language of the Mediterranean
  • 11. Language of early Buddhist scriptures traded widely
Down
  • 4. Ancient maritime trade language
  • 8. Arabic precursor used in desert trade routes
  • 9. Trade pidgin used in East Africa
  • 12. Language influencing Himalayan trade cultures
  • 13. Lingua franca of the ancient Near East

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