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Arcane Tongues of Ancient Commerce
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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- 1. Peculiar pidgin spoken by Venetian traders blending dialectical flavors
- 2. Obscure trader cohort known for adopting secretive linguistic codes
- 3. Creole language mixing Iberian roots, spoken in Caribbean ports
- 5. Ancient Persian Gulf language inscribed on trade clay tablets
- 6. Lost mercantile patois used along Indian Ocean spice routes
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- 4. Hybrid vernacular bridging merchant dialects across the Mediterranean
- 7. Semitic lingua franca pivotal for trade in the Near East empires
- 8. Engraved merchant marks used to encrypt value and origin of goods
- 9. Scholarly language underpinning Jewish mercantile ethics and contracts
- 10. Common dialect of Greek facilitating Hellenistic mercantile exchanges
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