A crossword exploring lost and lesser-known languages once spoken along the historic Silk Road trade network.
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Ancient Tongues Along Silk Routes
Explore lost and lesser-known languages that once flourished along the historic Silk Road trade networks.
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- 1. Prakrit language in ancient Buddhist texts along the Silk Road
- 2. Ancient Turkic language variant found in early Silk Road inscriptions
- 4. Turkic literary language once widely used across Central Asia
- 8. A key Eastern Iranian language once dominant in Silk Road trade
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- 3. Middle Persian language used by Sassanian merchants and scribes
- 5. Ancient script used for several Silk Road languages, including Gandhari
- 6. An extinct branch of Indo-European language spoken in Xinjiang
- 7. A now-extinct Middle Iranian language from the ancient city of Khotan
- 9. Region and language center famous for merchants along the Silk Road
- 10. Bactria-Margiana Archaeological Complex culture with unique language artifacts
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