1887: Unknown Lexicon in Hungarian Feb 14, 2020

Hungarian was identified as being similar to other Uralic languages like Finnish or Estonian back in the late 17th century, but many things are still mysterious. While much of the vocabulary, about 22% can be identified as Uralic, 30%, the plurality of Hungarian's total lexicon, is considered as being of unknown origin. This, and other influences, especially Turkic influence, is not the only difference between other modern Uralic languages and modern Hungarian, but it certainly is a noticeable one.

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