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Lost Scripts and Tongues of Asia
Moderate difficulty suitable for most players
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  • 1. Pre-Columbian culture associated with undeciphered scripts, though not Asian
  • 2. An extinct Indo-European language once spoken in the Tarim Basin
  • 3. An obscure, little-known language once spoken near the Silk Road
  • 4. An Eastern Iranian language spoken in a Silk Road oasis town
  • 5. An extinct Iranian language used by an ancient empire east of Mesopotamia
  • 6. One of the earliest known written languages, from ancient Mesopotamia
  • 9. Ancient language of southwest Iran, contemporary with Sumerian and Akkadian
  • 12. Term linked to Indo-Iranian language roots, now archaic in linguistic context
  • 14. Refers to the civilization with an undeciphered script on seals and tablets
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  • 7. Pre-Indo-European language spoken in ancient Anatolia before Hittites
  • 8. Language of an ancient religion that used Middle Persian and Aramaic scripts
  • 10. Ancient Semitic language of Mesopotamia written in cuneiform script
  • 11. Classical form used historically, with roots in ancient Buddhist texts
  • 13. A hypothetical variant related to extinct languages of Southeast Asia
  • 15. Old inscriptions in this language reveal a rich ancient Southeast Asian culture

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