. . . "The Scythian languages (/\u02C8s\u026A\u03B8i\u0259n/ or /\u02C8s\u026A\u00F0i\u0259n/) are a group of Eastern Iranian languages of the classical and late antiquity (Middle Iranian) period, spoken in a vast region of Eurasia named Scythia. Except for modern Ossetian, which descends from the Alanian variety, these languages are all considered to be extinct."@en . . . . . . "Scythian"@en . . . . .