Talk:Hecataeus of the Sindi

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What does the Circassians have to do with the Sindi?

The article was vandalized by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:A_poor_son_of_Adam, to say that Hecateus was a king of the Circassians(i dont even know if they were a distinguishable people at the time) that have nothing to do with the Sindi (a Scythian people). Should i edit the article to remove this incorrect information? 177.89.35.217 (talk) 03:32, 20 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

saying Hecateus was a circassian or a king of circassians is nonsensical. Although, saying that they're not related at all to them is false too. Sinds, by modern scholars, are classified as caucasian aboriginal people, who were greatly influenced by greek and sarmatian culture. They weren't Scythians, because they were the ones who fought against scythian invasions. Also, tribes such as psesi, zichi, sanigi are considered to be the proto-circassian tribes. Some maeotians are also considered to have a circassian origins. Sindi, probably, were a mixed group that spoke mainly greek and their respective languages (either caucasian, be it abkhazian [apsua] or circassian or even sarmatian to some extent). Elarxux (talk) 19:43, 11 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Mind you, the proto-adyghe-abkhaz language was already split at the middle of iron age. So, there were people talking abkhaz language with dialects, and tribes speaking circassian language with different dialects. If I'm not mistaken, Colarusso also talked about this. Elarxux (talk) 19:46, 11 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]