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Cryptic Commerce Tongues Unearthed
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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- 2. Term describing hybrid dialects on merchant coasts, like Arabian or Indian strips
- 3. Ancient rest stops where lost tongues mingled—often spelled with one letter difference
- 4. Simplified trade languages that leave native tongues behind
- 5. Describes mobile trader languages that adapt and disappear rapidly
- 6. Ancient script used by Silk Road traders, often mistaken for Brahmi
- 8. Adjective for languages sung or chanted by traders to mask commercial messages
- 10. Region whose ancient trade dialect influenced early Buddhist texts
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- 1. Mnemonic cipher script used by Mesopotamian merchants
- 7. Generic term for auxiliary languages born to bridge traders’ tongues
- 9. Portuguese for 'language' borrowed by spice route traders
- 11. Lingua franca of Near Eastern merchants before Greek dominance
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