The term
Ugric people is used to describe peoples speaking a
Ugric languageUgric or Ugrian languages are a branch of the Finno-Ugric language family. The term derives from Yugra.They include three languages: Hungarian , and the Ob-Ugric languages, Khanty and Mansi language...
. Ugric is a linguistic concept, not an ethnic or cultural one.
Ugric people are:
- Hungarians
- Székely
The Székely or Szekler people , are a Hungarian-speaking ethnic group. They are an ethnic subgroup of the Hungarian nation. Their origin has been much debated. It is, however, now generally accepted that they are either Hungarians, or the descendants of a Magyarized Turkic peoples, transplanted...
- Csángó
The Csango people are a Hungarian ethnic group of Roman Catholic faith living mostly in the Romanian region of Moldavia, especially in the Bacău County...
- Khanty
Khanty / Hanti are an endangered indigenous people calling themselves Khanti, Khande, Kantek , living in Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, a region historically known as "Yugra" in Russia, together with Mansi peoples. In the autonomous okrug, the Khanty and Mansi languages are given co-official...
- Mansi
Mansi are an endangered indigenous people living in Khantia-Mansia, an autonomous okrug within Tyumen Oblast in Russia...
Note: The
MagyarabThe Magyarab are a people living along the Nile River in Egypt and Sudan. They are of Hungarian ancestry, probably dating back to the late 16th century....
people living in
EgyptEgypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Western Asia...
and
SudanSudan is a country in northeastern Africa. It is the largest country in Africa and in the Arab World, and tenth largest in the world by area...
are of Hungarian ancestry, but they do not speak
Hungarian languageHungarian is a Uralic language unrelated to most other languages in Europe. It is mainly spoken in Hungary and by the Hungarian minorities in the seven neighbouring countries...
any more.
The largest of the Ugric people are Hungarians numbering 14,800,000.
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The term
Ugric people is used to describe peoples speaking a
Ugric languageUgric or Ugrian languages are a branch of the Finno-Ugric language family. The term derives from Yugra.They include three languages: Hungarian , and the Ob-Ugric languages, Khanty and Mansi language...
. Ugric is a linguistic concept, not an ethnic or cultural one.
People
Ugric people are:
- Hungarians
- Székely
The Székely or Szekler people , are a Hungarian-speaking ethnic group. They are an ethnic subgroup of the Hungarian nation. Their origin has been much debated. It is, however, now generally accepted that they are either Hungarians, or the descendants of a Magyarized Turkic peoples, transplanted...
- Csángó
The Csango people are a Hungarian ethnic group of Roman Catholic faith living mostly in the Romanian region of Moldavia, especially in the Bacău County...
- Khanty
Khanty / Hanti are an endangered indigenous people calling themselves Khanti, Khande, Kantek , living in Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, a region historically known as "Yugra" in Russia, together with Mansi peoples. In the autonomous okrug, the Khanty and Mansi languages are given co-official...
- Mansi
Mansi are an endangered indigenous people living in Khantia-Mansia, an autonomous okrug within Tyumen Oblast in Russia...
Note: The
MagyarabThe Magyarab are a people living along the Nile River in Egypt and Sudan. They are of Hungarian ancestry, probably dating back to the late 16th century....
people living in
EgyptEgypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Western Asia...
and
SudanSudan is a country in northeastern Africa. It is the largest country in Africa and in the Arab World, and tenth largest in the world by area...
are of Hungarian ancestry, but they do not speak
Hungarian languageHungarian is a Uralic language unrelated to most other languages in Europe. It is mainly spoken in Hungary and by the Hungarian minorities in the seven neighbouring countries...
any more.
Location
The largest of the Ugric people are Hungarians numbering 14,800,000. They also have their independent state -
HungaryHungary , in English officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in the Carpathian Basin of Central Europe, bordered by Austria, Slovakia, Ukraine, Romania, Serbia, Croatia, and Slovenia. Its capital is Budapest. Hungary is a member of OECD, NATO, EU, V4 and is a Schengen state...
. Between 1952 and 1968 the
SzékelyThe Székely or Szekler people , are a Hungarian-speaking ethnic group. They are an ethnic subgroup of the Hungarian nation. Their origin has been much debated. It is, however, now generally accepted that they are either Hungarians, or the descendants of a Magyarized Turkic peoples, transplanted...
Hungarians living in
RomaniaRomania is a country located in Southeastern and Central Europe, North of the Balkan Peninsula, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea. Almost all of the Danube Delta is located within its territory...
had their autonomous region known as the
Hungarian Autonomous ProvinceThe Magyar Autonomous Region and Mureş-Magyar Autonomous Region were autonomous regions in the People's Republic of Romania .-History:In 1950, Romania adopted a Soviet-style administrative and territorial division of the country into...
, but this entity no longer exists. Khanty and Mansi people live in
Khanty-Mansi Autonomous OkrugKhanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug—Yugra , or Khantia-Mansia, is a federal subject of Russia . The people native to the region are the Khanty and the Mansi, known collectively as Ob Ugric people...
of
RussiaRussia , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia . It is a semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
(
YugraYugra was the name of the lands between the Pechora River and Northern Urals in the Russian annals of the 12th–17th centuries, as well as the name of the Khanty and partly Mansi tribes inhabiting these territories. The difference between Khanty and Mansi people was not made in ancient...
).
See also
- Huns
The Huns were a group of nomadic pastoral people who, appearing from beyond the Volga, migrated into Europe c.AD 370 and built up an enormous empire in Europe. They were possibly the descendants of the Xiongnu who had been northern neighbours of China three hundred years before and may be the first...
- Finno-Ugric peoples
The Finno-Ugric peoples is a historic linguistic group of peoples in Europe who speak Finno-Ugric languages, such as the Finnic and the Ugric peoples...
- Finnic peoples
Finnic peoples are a linguistic group speaking Finnic languages: Baltic Finns, who live near the Baltic Sea, Volga Finns, who live near the Volga River, the Permians, who live in north-central Russia...
- Jassic people
The Jassic people or Jász are an ethnic group of Hungarians who mostly live in the Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county of the Republic of Hungary. They are of Ossetic origin and originally spoke the Jassic dialect of the Ossetic language...
(Jasz/ok)
- Ugric languages
Ugric or Ugrian languages are a branch of the Finno-Ugric language family. The term derives from Yugra.They include three languages: Hungarian , and the Ob-Ugric languages, Khanty and Mansi language...
- Yugra
Yugra was the name of the lands between the Pechora River and Northern Urals in the Russian annals of the 12th–17th centuries, as well as the name of the Khanty and partly Mansi tribes inhabiting these territories. The difference between Khanty and Mansi people was not made in ancient...
- Hungary
Hungary , in English officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in the Carpathian Basin of Central Europe, bordered by Austria, Slovakia, Ukraine, Romania, Serbia, Croatia, and Slovenia. Its capital is Budapest. Hungary is a member of OECD, NATO, EU, V4 and is a Schengen state...
- Hungarian Autonomous Province
The Magyar Autonomous Region and Mureş-Magyar Autonomous Region were autonomous regions in the People's Republic of Romania .-History:In 1950, Romania adopted a Soviet-style administrative and territorial division of the country into...
- Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug
Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug—Yugra , or Khantia-Mansia, is a federal subject of Russia . The people native to the region are the Khanty and the Mansi, known collectively as Ob Ugric people...