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Obscure Linguistic Relics of Antiquity
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- 1. Middle Persian dialect known from Zoroastrian texts.
- 3. Indo-European tongue lost in Tarim Basin sands.
- 4. Anatolian dialect linked to a legendary king of Gordium.
- 6. Cryptic dialect referenced in obscure medieval manuscripts.
- 8. Ancient Nile Valley dialect overshadowed by Egyptian hieroglyphs.
- 10. Ancient Semitic script unearthed in northern Syria.
- 12. Berber inscriptions from the Sahara’s pre-Islamic eras.
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- 2. East Germanic dialect famously preserved by Ulfilas' Bible.
- 5. Semitic dialect of the Phoenician empire’s western outpost.
- 7. Iron Age Caucasian dialect inscribed on cuneiform monuments.
- 9. Pre-Iranian language of an ancient Southwestern kingdom.
- 11. Mesoamerican people whose early language remains elusive.
- 13. Bronze Age Mediterranean script still undeciphered fully.
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