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Cryptic Scripts of the Silk Road
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  • 1. Dynastic tongue of Iranian nobles along Silk Road routes
  • 2. Merchant lingua franca of Silk Road with unique Mediterranean script
  • 3. Dialects inscribed in Buddhist caves, now undeciphered
  • 4. Ancient branch of Tibeto-Burman languages along desert margins
  • 6. Script used by nomadic Parthian rulers alongside Greek
  • 7. Vernacular lost in Caucasus mountain trade corridors
  • 9. Silk Road sect script blending sacred and merchant terms
  • 10. Rare surviving runic script of ancient steppe nomads
  • 13. Lost Iranian language recorded in fragmented inscriptions
  • 15. Hypothetical name for undeciphered desert realm texts
  • 16. Mysterious vanished Turkic tongue from Central Asian steppes
  • 18. Extinct language spoken by mysterious desert nomads
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  • 5. Descriptor for scripts used in royal lineage decrees
  • 8. Governors whose inscriptions reveal forgotten dialects
  • 11. Recently hypothesized script found on fragile parchment shards
  • 12. Extinct Indo-European language in the Tarim Basin oasis
  • 14. Language group poorly documented in high-altitude oases
  • 17. Ancient script blending Aramaic and Indic influences
  • 19. Complex script of Western Xia, unread by many today
  • 20. Obsolete dialect linked to Silk Road scribes, origin unknown
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