Ugric peoples

Ugric peoples

The term Ugric people [cite book |title=A History of Hungary
last=Sugar |first=Peter |authorlink= |coauthors=Peter Hanak |year=1994 |publisher=Indiana University Press |location= |isbn=9780253208675 |pages=PA8 |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=SKwmGQCT0MAC&pg=PA8&dq="Ugric+people" ] is used to describe peoples speaking a Ugric language.

People

Ugric people are:
*Hungarians
**Székely
**Csángó
*Khanty
*Mansi

Note: The Magyarab people living in Egypt and Sudan are of Hungarian ancestry, but they do not speak Hungarian language any more.

Location

The largest of the Ugric people are Hungarians numbering 14,800,000. They also have their independent state - Hungary. Between 1952 and 1968 the Székely Hungarians living in Romania had their autonomous region known as the Hungarian Autonomous Province, but this entity no longer exists. Khanty and Mansi people live in Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug of Russia(Yugra).

References

*Mile Nedeljković, Leksikon naroda sveta, Beograd, 2001.

ee also

*Huns
*Finno-Ugric peoples
*Finnic peoples
*Jassic people (Jasz/ok)
*Ugric languages
*Yugra
*Hungary
*Hungarian Autonomous Province
*Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug

References


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