Re: Finno-Ugric languages

On Fri, 18 Sep 1998, Frank George Valoczy wrote:

> Firstly, the Huns have nothing to do with Magyars (ie, Hungarians).  The
> Huns were Turkic.  Second, the Danube basin was inhabited by Avars at the
> time of the Magyar honfoglala's (Occupation of the Homeland) in 896.  At
> that time there weren't any Slavs there at all; the Slavs were to the
> south.
>
> -------ferke
> Ferenc Gy. Valoczy
At one time, however, the Magyars must have been associated with the Huns.
Who applied, and when, the name *Hun*gary?

Sally

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