Ebook: The Hunnic Language of the Attila Clan

Cambridge: Harvard University Press. Harvard Ukrainian studies. Vol. VI. Number 4, December 1982. — p. 428-476It was one of the originators of French sinology, Joseph Deguignes (1721-1800), who in 1748 first put the question of the ethnic origin of the Huns on a scholarly level. Since that time, historians, philologists, and, later, also archaeologists and ethnographers have continued the discussion. Nonetheless the question remains unresolved. Since the character of the Hunnic language has consistently held a central place in that debate, reexamination of the language is a requisite for any resolution of it.