I believe that, more broadly, the language family that Hungarian is part of is
called Ural-Altaic. The Altaic part includes Mongolic. I have to admit that I
don't know how Hungarians came to speak a language very different from the
Indo-European languages of their neighbours. However, Finns and Estonians
speak very different languages too.
Ed
----- Original Message -----
From: "Christoph Reuss" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2010 7:49 PM
Subject: Re: [Futurework] the currency schmozzle continues
>> Makes sense. Hungarian is one of the odd (non Indo European) languages of
>> Europe, brought in by the invading Mongols back in the 13th or so century.
>
> No. Hungarian is in the Uralic language family, not in the Mongolic one.
>
> And Endre Ady's poem is not suitable in this context, because he referred
> to the downfall of feudalism (K&K), whereas the currency crisis represents
> the _resurgence_ of feudalism...
>
> Chris
>
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