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Lost Tongues of Ancient Commerce
Moderate difficulty suitable for most players
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  • 1. Root of suzerainty, a term affecting trade languages under overlord rule
  • 2. Bantu language from a trading kingdom in central Africa
  • 3. Old term for a trader, sometimes linked to specific jargon or trade language
  • 6. Historic ship type that carried traders and their unique languages across seas
  • 8. Historic Chinese trading dialect in southern ports
  • 11. Old French word for 'paper', key for ancient merchant records
  • 12. Ancient civilization known for an undeciphered trade script
  • 15. Short for logogram, used in trade scripts and symbols for quick messages
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  • 4. Common dialect of Greek spreading trade communication in the Hellenistic world
  • 5. Polynesian language once used in inter-island barter and trade
  • 7. Semitic language used across the Near East for commerce and diplomacy
  • 9. Latin root term meaning 'language' or 'tongue' often used in trade contexts
  • 10. A simplified speech from mixing languages for trade communication
  • 13. Italian city-state where a unique trade language blending many tongues flourished
  • 14. Root of a Malay-based trade lingua franca used in Southeast Asia
  • 16. A trade good that inspired blend languages along the Asian routes

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