[Verginius Rufus]

The Magyars settled in what is now Hungary in 895. Before that they lived in western Siberia--the closest relatives of the Hungarian language are in Siberia, spoken by small numbers of people. Finnish and Estonian are more distantly related to Hungarian.

Hungarian has adopted some words from the Slavs who were in Hungary before they arrived. Genetically they are pretty similar to the surrounding Slavic peoples, suggesting that a small elite from Siberia imposed their rule over a more numerous Slavic-speaking population.

[SkyDancer]

Thanks, knew that as well but yet again the Magyars came out across the Tibetan planes and grandma said that and grandma ain’t wrong. You have a problem I’ll put her on the phone to you although I doubt you’ll have a decent nights sleep for a week.

[Jan_Sobieski]

Very Interesting. I was told that Korean (Hangul) is one of the closest languages to Hungary...spoken, not written because of east Asian alphabet...