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Echoes of Vanished Silk Road Tongues
Discover the forgotten scripts and ancient dialects that once flourished along the historic Silk Road trade routes.
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- 1. Turkic language with ancient scripts pivotal on Silk Road
- 2. Religious language connected with a Gnostic faith on the Silk Road
- 3. Alternate spelling for an important ancient Silk Road script
- 5. An extinct Iranian language once dominant in Silk Road commerce
- 7. City known for Tocharian texts
- 9. Hypothetical language family related to some Silk Road groups
- 11. Language of Buddhist scriptures influential on Silk Road culture
- 13. Ancient dialect evidenced by inscriptions found along Silk Road
- 15. Extinct Sino-Tibetan language of the Western Xia dynasty region
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- 4. Ancient Chinese dictionary showing old pronunciations, linked to Silk Road linguistics
- 6. Empire whose language influenced Silk Road communication
- 8. Language influenced by Silk Road cultural exchanges
- 10. Ancient script used in Gandhara and along the Silk Road
- 12. Common lingua franca along Silk Road trade routes
- 14. Extinct branch of Indo-European languages spoken in the Tarim Basin
- 16. Afghan region with relics reflecting lost languages
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