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The Scythian languages are the Eastern Iranian languages of the classical and late antiquity period, spoken in a vast region
of Eurasia named Scythia. The Scythian languages belong to the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European language family. The
location and extent of Scythia varied by time, but generally it encompassed the part of Eastern Europe east of the Vistula
river and much of Central Asia. The dominant ethnic groups among the Scythians were nomadic pastoralists of Central Asia and
the Pontic-Caspian steppe. Fragments of their speech known from inscriptions and words quoted in ancient authors as well as
analysis of their names indicate that it was of the Indo-European language family, was Indo-Iranian, Iranian and more specifically
Eastern Iranian. Further classification is uncertain and elusive. Alexander Lubotsky summarizes the known linguistic landscape
as follows: “ Unfortunately, we know next to nothing about the Scythian of that period [Old Iranian] – we have only a couple
of personal and tribal names in Greek and Persian sources at our disposal – and cannot even determine with any degree of certainty
whether it was a single language. ” |
Names (more)[an] Luenga scita[bg] Скитски език [ca] Escita [el] Σκυθικές γλώσσες [en] Scythian languages [fa] زبان سکایی [fi] Skyytin kieli [fr] Langues scythes [ja] スキタイ語 [ko] 스키타이어 [la] Lingua Scythica [pl] Język scytyjski [pt] Línguas citas [ru] Скифо-сарматский язык [sk] Skýtsko-sarmatské jazyky [th] ภาษาไซเทีย [tr] İskit dilleri |
Language type : Ancient
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