>Isaac A. Penzev <isaacp@...> 2002.12.12. 12:44:44 +2h-kor �rta:
>
>> <<<<<<<<<<<<<<
>> > Hungarians put the family name first?
>> Yep.
>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>
>> Quoting "Personal Naming Systems in Various Ethnic Groups / Sistemy
>> lichnykh imyon u narodov mira" Moscow, 1989; p.90:
>>
>> "As it is known, all European anthroponymic systems suppose personal
>> name precede family name. The only exception is Hungarian anthroponymy
>> with its reversee order. It is easily explained by the fact that in
>> the Hungarian language adjectives _always_ precede nouns they modify,
>> and all Hungarian family names are treated as adjectives"
>Mwa Longoyapan gebusa tawiy (she tentie balterwenna).
>Japanese also has that order (tho' I don't know the reason)..
chinese too
>
>> Plus, an interesting observation (p.93):
>> "One more specific feature: when a woman gets married, she receives
>> her husband's personal and family name instead of her own names.
Chinese women don't even change their family name.