Do the ancient sources confirm the Persian-linguality of Scythians?
Above, on the basis of the analysis of the linguistical, religious-mythological, ethnological, archeological and artistic material, we tried to prove the Türkic-speaking of the main body of the Scythians and Sarmatians. Left out one very important argument to confirm the ethnic composition of the Scythians and Sarmatians. It is the opinion of the ancient historians, the authors of the ancient sources. Do the ancient sources and their authors confirm the Persian-linguality of the Scythians and Sarmatians? One matter is when the modern historians and linguists deduce from the ancient sources their opinion, and completely another matter is the opinion of the ancients, the contemporaries of the Scythians. From the very beginning it should be recalled that the ancient authors believed and wrote about the differently linguality of the Cimmerians, Scythians and Sarmatians. Therefore the Iranists cannot base on them their conclusions about a uniform Scythian language, especially so for the Ind
