ah ae , ▁including ▁the ▁Par ni , ▁that ▁– ▁in ▁the ▁words ▁of ▁A . ▁D . ▁H . ▁B iv ar ▁– ▁even ▁the ▁location ▁and ▁name ▁of ▁their ▁capital ▁city ▁" if ▁indeed ▁they ▁possessed ▁one " ▁is ▁now ▁unknown ." ▁ ▁" an ▁urban ▁center ▁of ▁the ▁ancient ▁D ah ae ▁( if ▁indeed ▁they ▁possessed ▁one ) ▁is ▁quite ▁unknown ." ▁ ▁A ▁later ▁arch ae ological ▁site ▁in ▁the ▁region , ▁known ▁as ▁De h istan / M ish rian , ▁is ▁located ▁in ▁the ▁B alk an ▁Region ▁of ▁Turk men istan . ▁ ▁Language ▁The ▁language ▁of ▁the ▁Par ni ▁is ▁not ▁directly ▁att ested ▁but ▁is ▁assumed ▁to ▁be ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁eastern ▁substr ates ▁of ▁the ▁subsequently ▁recorded ▁Par th ian ▁language , ▁which ▁the ▁Par ni ▁eventually ▁adopted . ▁To ▁the ▁" in coming ▁Par ni ▁may ▁be ▁as cribed ▁a ▁form ▁of ▁speech ▁showing ▁a ▁strong ▁east ▁Iran ian ▁element , ▁resulting ▁from ▁their ▁proxim ity ▁on ▁the ▁ste ppe ▁to ▁east ▁Iran ian ▁Sak as ." ▁Through ▁the ▁influence ▁of ▁the ▁Par th ians ▁in ▁Armen ia , ▁traces ▁of ▁the ▁Par ni ▁language ▁surv ive ▁as ▁" lo an - words ▁in ▁Armen ian ." ▁ ▁The ▁language ▁of ▁the ▁Par ni ▁" was ▁described ▁by ▁Justin ▁as ▁' mid way ▁between ▁S cy th ian ▁and ▁Med ian ▁[ and ] ▁contained ▁features ▁of ▁both '" ▁( 4 1 . 1 . 1 0 ). ▁Justin ' s