New linguistic analysis by researchers including Dr Simon Fries , Researcher in Comparative Philology in the Faculty of Classics and Faculty of Linguistics, Philology and Phonetics , University of Oxford, has provided compelling evidence that two powerful ancient nomadic groups - the European Huns and the Xiongnu of Inner Asia - spoke the same Paleo-Siberian language. The findings significantly bolster longstanding hypotheses about the shared origins of these peoples, offering a linguistic