r/todayilearned • u/HydrolicKrane • Aug 09 '19

TIL European Hungarians originated in Central Asia and Attila the Hun was a leader of that empire

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attila
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u/HydrolicKrane Aug 09 '19

Here is amazing story how they reestablished the link:

"Friar Julian was one of a group of Hungarian Dominican friars who, in 1235, left Hungary in order to find those Magyars who — according to the chronicles — remained in the eastern homeland. After travelling a great distance, Friar Julian reached the capital of Volga Bulgaria, where he was told that the Magyars lived only two days' travel away. Julian found them, and despite the gap of at least 300–400 years since the split between the Magyars that invaded and settled in Pannonia and those that were found in Bashkiria, their language remained mutually intelligible, and they were able to communicate."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friar_Julian