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Cryptic Scripts of Ancient Merchants
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  • 1. Obscure trader’s term hinting at dowry in lost lingua
  • 2. Ancient shorthand script employed by Roman trade clerks
  • 3. Alphabet origin of Mediterranean maritime trading colonies
  • 7. Hypothetical derivative tongue from ancient North African trade hubs
  • 13. Lingua franca of Near Eastern commerce in antiquity
  • 14. Carthaginian tongue traded across the western Mediterranean
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  • 4. Old Scandinavian tongue, maritime trade’s esoteric dialect
  • 5. Latin root meaning 'inquiry,' key to merchant barter lexicon
  • 6. Hellenistic common dialect spread by Alexandrian commerce
  • 8. Trade language bridging diverse cultures and tongues
  • 9. Adjective describing languages born of marketplace negotiation
  • 10. Desert traders’ language carved into stone inscriptions
  • 11. Wedge-shaped script of the earliest trade records
  • 12. Encoded script blending classical characters for mercantile use
  • 15. Medieval trade language of the Bay of Bengal emporium
  • 16. Dialect of Coptic used among Nile merchants and scribes
  • 17. Extinct East Germanic tongue used by early European traders
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