Editing Scythian languages (section)

== History ==
Early Eastern Iranic peoples originated in the [[Yaz culture]] (ca. 1500–1100 BC) in [[Central Asia]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture|year=1997|publisher=Dearborn|location=London|isbn=9781884964985|page=310|author=J.P.Mallory|author-link=D.Q.Adams}}</ref> The Scythians migrated from Central Asia toward [[Eastern Europe]] in the 8th and 7th century BC, occupying today's Southern [[Russia]] and [[Ukraine]] and the [[Carpathian Basin]] and parts of [[Moldova]] and [[Dobruja]]. They disappeared from history after the [[Huns|Hunnish]] invasion of Europe in the 5th century AD, and Turkic ([[Pannonian Avars|Avar]], [[Pechenegs|Batsange]], etc.) and Slavic peoples probably assimilated most people speaking Scythian.{{Citation needed|date=October 2010}} However, in the [[Caucasus]], the [[Ossetian language]] belonging to the Scythian linguistic continuum remains in use {{As of|2007|alt=today}}, while in Central Asia, some languages belonging to Eastern Iranic group are still spoken, namely [[Pashto language|Pashto]], the [[Pamir languages]] and [[Yaghnobi language|Yaghnobi]].
<!-- between the [[8th century BC]] and the 5th century AD. Up to the 4th century AD we have only a few words from any of these languages, substantial evidence of Sogdian and Saka dating from a later period.-->