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Echoes of Ancient Trade Tongues
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  • 1. Dialect of Aramaic spread by Christian merchants in the Middle East
  • 2. Ancient Nubian script used in trade across the Nile's upper reaches
  • 3. Script and language used historically in Central African trade
  • 6. Central Asian language crucial for Silk Road merchants
  • 8. Anatolian language linked to early Near Eastern commercial networks
  • 10. Lost mercantile dialect spoken in Arabian Peninsula trade hubs (fictional to enrich the puzzle)
  • 11. East Germanic tongue once involved in early medieval trade
  • 12. Forgotten language once used on the Silk Road (fictional placeholder to complement puzzle)
  • 13. Ancient Semitic language widely used across Near Eastern trade routes
  • 16. Mysterious script associated with ancient South Asian trade centers
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  • 4. Common Hellenistic trade lingua franca across the Mediterranean
  • 5. Language of Rome, vital for trade legislation and commerce in ancient Europe
  • 7. Slavic liturgical language that influenced trade relations in Eastern Europe
  • 9. Ancient tongue once vital for commerce along the Nile and Red Sea
  • 14. Final stage of ancient Egyptian language used by Nile Valley traders
  • 15. Language of Carthaginian traders dominating Mediterranean commerce
  • 17. Language of ancient Mediterranean maritime traders (variant spelling of Phoenician)

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