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To: sonofron
Hungarian does NOT fit into any of the catagories you've mentioned and they certainly are Europeans. The Ugaric group, which also includes a segment of Lapps, are quite different.

The " Romance Language Speakers ", which is based on Latin, is batter than " Latins ", as you suggest.

45 posted on 08/25/2002 11:37:06 PM PDT by nopardons
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To: nopardons
Hungarians came in after most of the groups I mentioned before. They are probably related to germanics or slavs, but I base that on the fact that they all entered Europe through the russian steppe. I am aware of the uniqueness of the Lapps, but i was trying to generalize the whole population of Europe into the larger groups. There were obviously people in Europe before any of the groups, including the Celts, came into Europe.


"The " Romance Language Speakers ", which is based on Latin, is batter than " Latins ", as you suggest."

I am aware of the "Romance Language Speakers." But what i was refering to by "Latins" was the people from the Italian peninsula. These people, a mix of the etruscans and the tribes to the south that spoke Latin, were different than the celtic peoples in the British Isles, France, Spain and other countries. The celtic group in those countries was believed to have came into those areas at the same time. I believe the etruscans were believed to have been from central asia, but i'm not sure. The etruscans were darker and more like turks, i believe. As for the Tribes to the south, they were different that the etruscans and were heavily influenced by greek colonies on the southern part of italy and sicily. The group i refered to as Latins, was the mixture that came out of the roman republic in Italy and counquered/settled in spain, france, england, the balkans, and all the way around the mediterranean.

51 posted on 08/26/2002 8:25:27 AM PDT by sonofron
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To: nopardons
The Ugaric group, which also includes a segment of Lapps, are quite different.

We Finns, and the Estonians, as well as a number of peoples within what is now Russia, such as the Samoyeds, are part of this group too.

55 posted on 09/03/2002 9:52:43 PM PDT by Lucius Cornelius Sulla
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