"Attila descendants want recognition
By Kate Connolly in Berlin
(Filed: 12/01/2005)
More than 2,000 Hungarian descendants of Attila the Hun, once described as the "Scourge of God", are demanding official recognition as an ethnic minority. "As a member of the European Union, Hungary should not be suppressing a minority," said Joshua Imre Novak, the group's self-appointed leader.
Mr Novak has collected more than 1,000 signatures to pursue the group's claim through Hungary's parliament. Many experts dismiss the group's initiative as bogus, arguing that Hungary has no existing descendants of the barbarians who gave the country its name.
Under Hungarian law, ethnic groups of 1,000 or more qualify for the status of an official minority and a generous selection of special privileges and subsidies.
Since the collapse of Communism, Hungarians have been hunting for a new national identity and have found inspiration in the figure of Attila."
And what if...Is there any known Hun language?
:-)
Jean