The multitude of Middle Iranian languages and peoples indicate that great linguistic diversity must have existed among the ancient speakers of Iranian languages. Of that variety of languages/dialects, direct evidence of only two have survived. These are: COUNT 2
QSN1 What characteristic of Middle Iranian civilization is shown by the number of different languages and their speakers? ANS1 linguistic diversity QSN2 How many of the Middlie Iranian tongues have remained in existence since ancient time? ANS2 two