The origin of the Hungarian language has been, and still is, a matter of great discussion between the students of philology. It is certain that Hungarian is not an Aryan, but an Ugor (Ugrian) language, belonging to a vast group of languages spoken in parts of China, in Siberia, Central Asia, Russia, and Turkey. We here adjoin the genealogy of the Hungarian language as given by Professor Simonyi, of Budapest, who is considered one of the greatest living authorities on the history and grammar of the Magyar language. He says that Hungarian, together with Vogul, Ostiak, Siryenian, Votiak, Lapp, Finnish, Mordvin, and Cseremiss (spoken in the north and north-east of Russia) form the Ugrian language-group. This group is closely akin to four other groups, viz., the Samojed; the Turkish or Tartar; the Mongolian; and the Tungusian, or Mandchu groups. These five large groups are called the Altaic languages, and are all derived from an original Altaic idiom. Their mutual relations are shown in the following diagram taken from Professor Simonyi’s work: Archaic Altaic | +-----------------+-----------------+ | | Northern Branch Southern Branch | | +------+----------+ +-------+---------+ | | | | Archaic Samojedic Archaic Ugrian Turkish and Mongolian Tungusian | +----------+-----+-------------------+ | | | Southern Ugrian Lapp Northern Ugrian | | +------------+------------+ +-----------+---------+-------+ | | | | | | | Finnish Mordvinian Cseremissian Siryenian _Hungarian_ Vogul Ostiak Esthonian Votiak