Many nations have tried to assert themselves as ethnic or cultural successors to the Huns. The Bulgarian khans, for instance, believed they were descended from Attila. Indeed, the language of Volga Bulghars, currently known as the Chuvash language, is the most divergent of all the Turkic languages, which testifies to its separate existence for centuries before the dissolution of the Proto-Turkic unity happened. "Formerly, scholars considered Chuvash not properly a Turkic language at all but, rather, the only surviving representative of a separate subdivision of the Altaic languages probably spoken by the Huns".[9]
The Magyars also have laid claims to the Hunnish heritage. Considering that the Huns who invaded Europe represented a loose coalition of various peoples, it is not entirely out of the question that Magyars were present among those ethnic groups as well.
In 2005, a group of about 2,500 Hungarians petitioned the government to be a recognized minority of direct descendants of Attila. It was a failed bid, but gained publicity for the group, who had been formed in the early 1990s, and appear to represent a special Hun(garian)-centric brand of mysticism. The self-proclaimed Huns are not known to possess more special knowledge about Hun culture or language than would be available from historical and modern-mystical Hungarian sources.[10]
While there is no question that the Huns left descendants all over Eastern Europe, the disintegration of the Hun empire after the death of Attila meant they never regained their lost glory. One reason was that the Huns never fully established the mechanisms of a State, such as bureaucracy and taxes, unlike the Magyars or Golden Horde, who did. Once disorganized, the Huns naturally were absorbed by more organized polities.
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answered by Anonymous
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Franks - France,Western roman empire Germanic peoples - Western Roman empire,England,France,Italy and spain. Vikings. England and Iceland Huns settled Asia and into germany Angles and saxons to england West Goths ie Visigoths Serttled spain they invaded italy but didn't settle there - They also settled south eastern France and ipso factor the western Roman empire
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answered by ? 4
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France
2006-12-12 03:26:05
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answered by Habenaro Jack 2
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Seems to me that I remember that Hungary, looks as if it has the name of the ethnic group, Huns, in it, just as Germany has the name of the ethnic group, Germs, in it.
2006-12-12 03:26:54
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answered by rb_cubed 6
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Hungary.
2006-12-12 03:23:25
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answered by Patrick B 3
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kazakstan.
2006-12-12 03:22:08
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answered by yahoo 2
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