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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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