Byzanteen sources sometimes mention "Sabartoi asphaloi" as a name by which the Magyars used to call themselves. Similarly it supposed that Sumerians of Southern Mesopotamia originally came from the Transcaucasian-North East Mesopotamian-Western Iranian region which they referred to as Subir-Ki -the original lands of the Shemites.
They are thought to have spoken Agglutinative Languages related to Hurrian and have thus been associated with the Sabeans (not to be confused with Sabaeans)