Re: Who are the probable descendants of the Alani and...

From: Yusuf B Gursey (ybg_at_TheWorld.com)
Date: 01/29/05 

Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2005 16:35:00 +0000 (UTC)

In sci.lang Downshifter Desi <worrylesswarrior@yahoo.com> wrote in <1106979004.799709.185200@c13g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>:
: Who are the probable descendants of the:

they are, in part, the people of the areas they spread to.

sci.lang is about *language*, not so-called "racial characteriscs" or
genealogy.

: 1. Alani
: 2. Sarmatians
: 3. Scythians
: 4. Huns
: 5. White Hunds

white dogs? :)

: 6. Indo-Scythians
: 7. Kushanas
: 8. Indo-Greeks from Alexander's incursions to India
: 9. Mughals

"Mughals" refers to a dynasty. the last claimant died in a Calcutta slum,
I had read a few decades or so ago.

: Here are my best guesses:

: 4. I'm beginning to think that the term "Scythian" and "Hun" are used
: interchangeably. Help me here as well.

only among some late-Roman or Byzantine writers.