Re: CHAT: Scythes and Scythians (was: Re: CHAT: Re: Japanese English)

Roger Mills:
> AFAIK there is almost no record of the Scythian language-- perhaps a few
> scattered words in Greek sources. They may or may not have been IE, Turkic,
> who knows?
Are they not considered Iranian? My books are always in a different home
from my weekend PC, so I can't check. Oh hang on: I do have Mallory's
_In search of the IEans_ handy, and he says they're Iranian, though a
cursory glance through the text doesn't reveal to me the relevant
authorities or reasons for that identification.

--And.