Anglojew
03-25-2014, 04:19 AM
The Scythian languages were a family of Iranian languages of the classical and late antiquity (Middle Iranian) period, spoken in a vast region of Eurasia named Scythia.
Early East Iranians originated in the Yaz culture (ca. 1500–1100 BC) in Central Asia.[citation needed] The Scythians migrated from Central Asia toward Eastern Europe in the 8th and 7th century BC,[7] occupying today's Southern Russia and Ukraine and the Carpathian Basin and parts of Moldova and Dobruja. They disappeared from history after the Hunnish invasion of Europe in the 5th century AD, and Turkic (Avar, Batsange, etc.) and Slavic peoples probably assimilated most people speaking Scythian.[citation needed] However, in the Caucasus, Ossetian language belonging to the Scythian-Sarmatian linguistic continuum remains in use today, while in Central Asia, some languages belonging to Eastern Iranian group are still spoken, namely Pashto, Pamir languages and Yaghnobi.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ad/Scythia-Parthia_100_BC.png
Today there are at least four main groups descending from Scythians.
Pashtuns
The largest ethnic group in Afghanistan;
Pashtun people also known as ethnic Afghans or Pathans, are an Indo-European ethnicity from the subgroup of Eastern Iranians (historically called Aryans), with populations primarily in Afghanistan and northwestern and western parts of Pakistan.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pashtun_people
There is a possibility that some Pashtun's are admixed with the so-called "lost tribes of Israel;
The haplogroup R1a (Y-DNA) is found at a frequency of 51.02% among the Pashtun people. Paragroup Q-M242 (xMEH2,xM378) (of Haplogroup Q (Y-DNA)) was found at 16.3% in Pashtuns.
http://realtreewriter.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/sarawa.jpg
Pamiris
The Pamiris are composed of people who speak the Pamiri languages, the indigenous language in the Gorno-Badakhshan autonomous province, and adhere to the Ismaili sect of Shia Islam. The Pamiris share close linguistic, cultural and religious ties with the people in Badakhshan Province in Afghanistan
Pamiri's also have a similar level of haplogroup Q (about 5%) as their distant relatives Ashkenazi Jews.
http://www.bpnews.net/ImageServerDB.asp?id=30451
Yaghnobi people
The Yaghnobi people are an ethnic minority in Tajikistan. They inhabit Tajikistan's Sughd province in the valleys of the Yagnob, Kul and Varzob rivers. The Yaghnobis are considered to be descendants of the Sogdian-speaking peoples who once inhabited most of Central Asia beyond the Amu Darya River.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b8/12Yagnobi_people.jpg
Ossetians
Ossetian, also known as Ossete and Ossetic,is an Eastern Iranian language spoken in Ossetia, a region on the northern slopes of the Caucasus Mountains.
http://ossetians.com/pictures/new/Taymazov%20Artur_12.jpg
Ashkenazi Jews
Ashkenazi Jews are now shown to have Scythian admixture http://www.theapricity.com/forum/showthread.php?118652-Upstream-Jewish-(And-Other-Eurasian)-YDNA-Haplogroup-Q-Now-Confirmed-As-Indo-European-(Scythian)
http://www.ziomania.com/ashkenazi/ash39.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scythian_languages
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yaghnobi_people
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pamiri_people
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theory_of_Pashtun_descent_from_Israelites
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ossetian_language
Early East Iranians originated in the Yaz culture (ca. 1500–1100 BC) in Central Asia.[citation needed] The Scythians migrated from Central Asia toward Eastern Europe in the 8th and 7th century BC,[7] occupying today's Southern Russia and Ukraine and the Carpathian Basin and parts of Moldova and Dobruja. They disappeared from history after the Hunnish invasion of Europe in the 5th century AD, and Turkic (Avar, Batsange, etc.) and Slavic peoples probably assimilated most people speaking Scythian.[citation needed] However, in the Caucasus, Ossetian language belonging to the Scythian-Sarmatian linguistic continuum remains in use today, while in Central Asia, some languages belonging to Eastern Iranian group are still spoken, namely Pashto, Pamir languages and Yaghnobi.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ad/Scythia-Parthia_100_BC.png
Today there are at least four main groups descending from Scythians.
Pashtuns
The largest ethnic group in Afghanistan;
Pashtun people also known as ethnic Afghans or Pathans, are an Indo-European ethnicity from the subgroup of Eastern Iranians (historically called Aryans), with populations primarily in Afghanistan and northwestern and western parts of Pakistan.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pashtun_people
There is a possibility that some Pashtun's are admixed with the so-called "lost tribes of Israel;
The haplogroup R1a (Y-DNA) is found at a frequency of 51.02% among the Pashtun people. Paragroup Q-M242 (xMEH2,xM378) (of Haplogroup Q (Y-DNA)) was found at 16.3% in Pashtuns.
http://realtreewriter.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/sarawa.jpg
Pamiris
The Pamiris are composed of people who speak the Pamiri languages, the indigenous language in the Gorno-Badakhshan autonomous province, and adhere to the Ismaili sect of Shia Islam. The Pamiris share close linguistic, cultural and religious ties with the people in Badakhshan Province in Afghanistan
Pamiri's also have a similar level of haplogroup Q (about 5%) as their distant relatives Ashkenazi Jews.
http://www.bpnews.net/ImageServerDB.asp?id=30451
Yaghnobi people
The Yaghnobi people are an ethnic minority in Tajikistan. They inhabit Tajikistan's Sughd province in the valleys of the Yagnob, Kul and Varzob rivers. The Yaghnobis are considered to be descendants of the Sogdian-speaking peoples who once inhabited most of Central Asia beyond the Amu Darya River.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b8/12Yagnobi_people.jpg
Ossetians
Ossetian, also known as Ossete and Ossetic,is an Eastern Iranian language spoken in Ossetia, a region on the northern slopes of the Caucasus Mountains.
http://ossetians.com/pictures/new/Taymazov%20Artur_12.jpg
Ashkenazi Jews
Ashkenazi Jews are now shown to have Scythian admixture http://www.theapricity.com/forum/showthread.php?118652-Upstream-Jewish-(And-Other-Eurasian)-YDNA-Haplogroup-Q-Now-Confirmed-As-Indo-European-(Scythian)
http://www.ziomania.com/ashkenazi/ash39.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scythian_languages
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yaghnobi_people
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pamiri_people
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theory_of_Pashtun_descent_from_Israelites
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ossetian_language