Schmitt: "Aryans" i: Encyclopedia Iranica: Utdrag: «The name “Aryan” (OInd. _´rya-, Ir. *arya- [with short a-], in Old Pers. ariya-, Av. airiia-, etc.) is the self designation of the peoples of Ancient India and Ancient Iran who spoke Aryan languages, in contrast to the “non-Aryan” peoples of those “Aryan” countries (cf. OInd. an-_´rya-, Av. an-airiia-, etc.), and lives on in ethnic names like Alan (Lat. Alani, NPers. ±r_n, Oss. Ir and Iron.». Kan også leses på InternettArkivert 8. desember 2010 hos Wayback Machine., sjekket 9. juni 2011.
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Schmitt: "Aryans" i: Encyclopedia Iranica: Utdrag: «The name “Aryan” (OInd. _´rya-, Ir. *arya- [with short a-], in Old Pers. ariya-, Av. airiia-, etc.) is the self designation of the peoples of Ancient India and Ancient Iran who spoke Aryan languages, in contrast to the “non-Aryan” peoples of those “Aryan” countries (cf. OInd. an-_´rya-, Av. an-airiia-, etc.), and lives on in ethnic names like Alan (Lat. Alani, NPers. ±r_n, Oss. Ir and Iron.». Kan også leses på InternettArkivert 8. desember 2010 hos Wayback Machine., sjekket 9. juni 2011.