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What languages were used by diplomatic missions in contacts with extra european empires, and among the latter, during the high middle ages and the dawn of modern times?
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the japanese used dutch just for autism
> translate from japanese to dutch and from dutch to english or french
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Latin. Probably. I don't actually know. But Latin is a really safe bet. I don't see why anything would be more prominent in that era.
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>>3139786
Not just for autism thou. Only dutch merchants were allowed to trade with japs.
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>>3139772
Probably whatever was useful Arabic, Persian, Chinese, Mongolian.
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>>3139820
>But Latin is a really safe bet.
Chances are that Timur didn't use Latin with the
Chinese.
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>>3139831
But really it's probably more likely everyone had someone to interpret Latin for them. Arabic was probably the most accessible non Euro language for Euros.
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Columbus had a (((crew member))) who spoke aramaic and arabic to the indians
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