Question What is the time frame when the largest number of people had the most opportunities for interaction in trade?

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P3: What is the time frame when the largest number of people had the most opportunities for interaction in domain X?
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Nuxalk - North Wakashan Late 18th century until recently
Burmese - Mon since the 11th century
Kambaata - Wolaytta Recent increase of W. people engaged in trade in K. (in the last couple of years due to political problems that forced W. to leave Hawassa and Shashemane).
Langi - Alagwa The present-day
Papapana - Rotokas Late-19th century to early 20th century. Bougainville was colonised before this, in around 1884, but European plantations weren't established there until 1908. Before the arrival of Europeans, Papapana speakers mostly only had contact with their neighbouring Rotokas speakers for trade and intermarriage.
Maltese - Sicilian (modern) Probably between 1200 and 1900, but it is still ongoing.
Maltese - Sicilian (historical) 1200-1800. Since approx. 1800 contacts have been mostly through (Tuscan) Italian, which started gaining ground already in mid-1500s.
Ndebele - Tjwao B
Kwoma - Manambu The last seventy years, from 1950, when intertribal warfare was brought to an end by the national administration and interaction between the two peoples became much safer than previously.
Korandje - North African Arabic Ca. 1980-present
FLNA-NLNA Intensive trading relations involving s and Macro-Neighbour speakers must have occurred for at least 100 years.
Bainounk Gubeeher - Mandinka No information available
Zaza - Turkish See KN2 [QID: DKN0a]
Ipili - Hewa Definitely, pre-colonial, i.e., before 1938, but with the advent of mining in 1990 more Hewa now come to the Ipili area. With colonialism, the Ipili and Hewa both had violent encounters with Australian colonial patrols. For the Ipili, colonialism brought road building in the higher altitudes of the valley which drew them away from the Lagaip River (the boundary between the Ipili and Hewa). As well, climate change has shifted the altitude at which Anopheles mosquitos are found, and the Ipili have moved upward to avoid malaria. So while it seems that there was more interaction in the past, especially pre-1938 and before, the mining situation has brought more Hewa, but not really for trade, it seems more from Hewa curiosity.
Yuhup - Macuna 1980-2020
Marind - Marori 1990-2021
Chipaya - Central Aymara the present and recent past (ca. 1800-2000)
Temoaya Otomi - Mexican Spanish Approximately since 1950.
Mawng - Kunbarlang 1600-1800
Alorese - Adang Trade-based contact exclusively with the Adang and few other groups was more significant in the past. Nowadays there are many opportunities for the Alorese to interact in trade with the Adang, but also with many other ethnic groups because of better road connections. So, we could say that trade has always been significant for the interactions between the Alorese and the Adang.
Santali - Bengali Since 50s of the last centuries.
Bade - Manga Kanuri Approx. 500 years
Muak Sa-aak - Tau Lü From at least 70 years ago up until the present.
Sibe - Uighur 1764 - ca. 1860s (ca. 100 years)
Toba - Spanish From 1920 to the present.
Western Toba - Wichí We presume that there were many opportunities for interaction in trade in earlier centuries, but, in the time frame that we are focusing on, we would say the first half of the 20th Century.
Paluai - Tok Pisin The present day.
Burarra - Yolngu Matha 1600-1800. To capture pre-colonial trade have chosen a large stretch of time leading up to the colonial era
South Saami - NorwegianSwedish The Middle Ages (pre-Christianization, cf. Kusmenko 2010).
Kupwar Marathi - Kupwar Kannada The largest number of people interacted for trade until about twenty years ago. The lower caste Marathi-speakers are increasingly relying on education and salaried jobs (often outside Kupwar) for better financial prospects.
Yurok - Karuk 1850-1900
Aleut - Eyak prior to 1500 BP, any time between 3000-1500 BP.