A crossword exploring lost and lesser-known languages once spoken along the historic Silk Road trade network.
Echoes of Lost Silk Road Tongues
A crossword exploring the ancient, forgotten languages that once flourished along the historic Silk Road trade routes.
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- 1. An ancient Iranian language used near the Aral Sea
- 3. Middle Iranian language of the ancient Kingdom of Khotan
- 4. Region where many old Silk Road relic languages were found
- 5. A lesser-known dialect from the Tarim region
- 6. Term for the outer Silk Road regions where languages vanished
- 7. Script and language associated with a major religion on the Silk Road
- 9. Ancient people whose language influenced Central Asian Silk Road
- 13. Study of ancient inscriptions used to decode Silk Road languages
- 14. Region known for Buddhist texts in forgotten local scripts
- 17. TURKIC Ancient language of nomadic tribes along Silk Road steppes
- 20. Bronze Age civilization linked to early Silk Road cultures
Down
- 2. Central Asian kingdom hosting diverse dialects of Silk Road era
- 8. Mythical people connected to obscure ancient scripts on the Silk Road
- 10. Merchant language of the Silk Road, written in Aramaic script
- 11. Language group from nomadic peoples impacting Silk Road culture
- 12. group from southwestern China, partially linked to Silk Road routes
- 15. Iranian language dominant during the Parthian Empire era
- 16. Extinct Indo-European language once spoken in Tarim Basin
- 18. Ancient Semitic script from a caravan city on Silk Road fringes
- 19. Ancient Indian script influencing Silk Road inscriptions
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