Explore elusive and vanished languages traded and spoken along the historic Silk Road through this crossword puzzle.
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Ancient Tongues Along Silk Routes
A crossword exploring lost and lesser-known languages once spoken along the historic Silk Road trade network.
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Across
- 1. Language spoken in Himalayan Silk Road areas
- 2. Turkic language group along Central Asian routes
- 3. Major Silk Road language of merchants
- 4. Ancient people whose language influenced Silk Road
- 6. Religious script/language found on Silk Road texts
- 7. Ancient language of the Silk Road oasis city Khotan
- 9. Iranian language used in ancient Silk Road empires
- 12. Language family including languages of Silk Road north
- 13. East Asian language with Silk Road cultural ties
- 14. Word describing traveling traders or speakers
- 19. Language of a Siberian group near Silk Road paths
Down
- 5. Lesser-known ancient language once spoken in region
- 8. Middle Persian script used culturally in Silk Road
- 10. Language of nomadic confederation impacting Silk Road
- 11. Ancient Iranian language from Khwarezm region
- 15. Extinct Indo-European language of Tarim Basin
- 16. Historical Ottoman Turkish dialect on Silk Road fringes
- 17. Language family that influenced northern Silk Road
- 18. Language of nomadic peoples north of Silk Road
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