Pontic Scythian

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Pontic Scythian is an ancient Eastern Iranian dialect once spoken by Scythian groups inhabiting the northern Black Sea (Pontic) region.

All labels observed (7)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Eastern Iranian language ⓘ
ancient language ⓘ
associatedWith Black Sea nomads ⓘ
Pontic Scythia ⓘ
linked to: Pontic Scythian
attestedBy Greek sources ⓘ
ethnonyms ⓘ
personal names ⓘ
toponyms ⓘ
branchOf Eastern Iranian branch ⓘ
classificationCertainty generally accepted as Eastern Iranian ⓘ
culturalContext Scythian culture ⓘ
era antiquity ⓘ
ethnolinguisticGroup Pontic Scythians ⓘ
linked to: Pontic Scythian
geographicContext Eurasian steppe ⓘ
linked to: Eurasian Steppe
hasAncestor Proto-Indo-European language ⓘ
linked to: Proto-Indo-European

Proto-Indo-Iranian language ⓘ
Proto-Iranian language ⓘ
ISO639Status no ISO 639 code ⓘ
languageFamily Eastern Iranian ⓘ
linguisticEvidenceType loanwords in neighboring languages ⓘ
onomastic material ⓘ
neighboringCultures Ancient Greeks ⓘ
linked to: Greeks

Cimmerians ⓘ
Sarmatians ⓘ
Thracians ⓘ
partOf Scythian dialect continuum ⓘ
reconstructionStatus partially reconstructed ⓘ
regionToday Crimea ⓘ
southern Russia ⓘ
southern Ukraine ⓘ
linked to: Southern Ukraine
relatedTo Alanian language ⓘ
linked to: Alanian

Ossetian language ⓘ
Sarmatian language ⓘ
spokenBy Pontic Scythian groups ⓘ
linked to: Pontic Scythian

Scythians ⓘ
spokenInRegion Pontic region ⓘ
Pontic steppe ⓘ
northern Black Sea region ⓘ
status extinct ⓘ
subclassOf Indo-European language ⓘ
Indo-Iranian language ⓘ
Iranian language ⓘ
Scythian language ⓘ
timeDepth early first millennium CE ⓘ
first millennium BCE ⓘ
writingSystem unattested or poorly attested ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Scythian languages → spokenBy → Scythians ⓘ
linked to: Pontic Scythian
Scythian languages → hasDialect → Pontic Scythian ⓘ
Alanian → languageBranch → Scytho-Sarmatian ⓘ
linked to: Pontic Scythian
Scythian Iron Age → hasCulture → Pontic Scythian culture ⓘ
linked to: Pontic Scythian
Pontic Scythian → spokenBy → Pontic Scythian groups ⓘ
linked to: Pontic Scythian
Pontic Scythian → associatedWith → Pontic Scythia ⓘ
linked to: Pontic Scythian
Pontic Scythian → ethnolinguisticGroup → Pontic Scythians ⓘ
linked to: Pontic Scythian