The modern genetic makeup of Hungarians is a mix of many haplotypes for sure. It is because of the history of settlements in the Carpathian basin. We know from the kurgans that Scythians lived in the modern day Hungary and Romania. When Sarmatians took over Scythia of the Pontic Steppes, some Scythians moved to the Carpathian area and created the Little Scythia. That was in the BC era. After them in the AD era Huns came to the same area and conquered it. Huns claimed Scythian descent and it is mentioned on the grave inscription. After Attila's death and his empire's collapse Avars arrived to the same area from the Caspian Sea and mixed with the remnants of Huns still living there. Then at the end of the 9th century AD Arpad Magyars arrived after they decided to separate from the Khazar Empire since they refused to convert to Judaism. Arpad Magyars created the first modern Hungarian state. Arpad's father claimed to be a grandson of Attila although 4,5 centuries separated them. However, if you factor in the phantom time hypothesis (the 460 years inserted into the timeline) then Arpad's father claims of being a grandson of Attila makes more sense. So, no wonder modern Hungarians have a very mixed DNA with contributions from the Scythians (R1a and some R1b), Avars (mostl Asian DNA close to mongols) and Arpad Magyars (also themselves a mix of R1a/R1b and various Asian haplogroups). There are also Celctic burial sites in Hungary, so R1b Celts lived there too and contributed their DNA somewhat. Celts called themselves Kelt or Kelti. Compare that to Hungarian Keleti meaning Eastern (kel means to rise, Kelet means East, adjective Keleti meaning Eastern). It surely is an interesting connection there. There are quite a few similar words in the Old Irish and Old Hungarin. Even English words like Brit and brother share some connection with words like barat (friend, fellow traveller). In the Scythian script vowels were not written so barat would be written B-R-T (from right to left) and if you remove vowels from Brit or brother you will find same consonants. Same goes for the Slavic brat (meaing also brother). I found dozens of words sharing the same consonant roots. Word home is another such example: home (Brit) <> hon (Hun) <> dom (Slav). Another interesting thing I found out is the name of the first Scottish country which they established on the Eastern shores of Irland after they arrived from Spain and before they moved to Scottland and mixed with Picts. They called that country Dal Riada. Dal until today means song in Hungarin and riada in modern Hungarian is riasto meaning a warning or an alarm. Dal Riada means a Warning Song or a Battle Song. We know from the Scottish letter to the Pope in Rome that they claim Scythian descent and so do the modern Hungarians. In such case, it makes sense that they used similar language inherited from the Scythians. I speculate that there was a nostratic or a proto-language at the end of the Ice Age and many languages come from that language both Indo-European and Uralic branches. Some scientists toy with this idea like here:
"We are more connected than you think. Seven families of languages across the Eurasian continent, containing tongues as diverse as modern Inuit, Tamil, Japanese, Greek and Hungarian, evolved from a single language that existed around the time of the last ice age. That’s the conclusion of research that has traced linguistics thousands of years deeper into the past than was previously thought possible.
The evolution of language is thought to have much in common with biological evolution. Scientists look for similarities between languages that hint at a common ancestor. Just as a fused bone or an extra finger in two species could suggest they shared a common ancestor, two words that have the same meaning and a similar sound in different languages – known as cognates – may indicate the same thing. For example, “brother” in English, “bhratar” in Sanskrit, “frater” in Latin and “frère” in French are all cognates."
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"We are more connected than you think. Seven families of languages across the Eurasian continent, containing tongues as diverse as modern Inuit, Tamil, Japanese, Greek and Hungarian, evolved from a single language that existed around the time of the last ice age. That’s the conclusion of research that has traced linguistics thousands of years deeper into the past than was previously thought possible.
The evolution of language is thought to have much in common with biological evolution. Scientists look for similarities between languages that hint at a common ancestor. Just as a fused bone or an extra finger in two species could suggest they shared a common ancestor, two words that have the same meaning and a similar sound in different languages – known as cognates – may indicate the same thing. For example, “brother” in English, “bhratar” in Sanskrit, “frater” in Latin and “frère” in French are all cognates."
Read more: European and Asian languages have one mother tongue
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