Hungarian belongs to the Uralic language family. There are an estimated 14.2–14.5 million ethnic Hungarians and their descendants worldwide, of whom 9.6 million live in todays Hungary (as of 2016).

Are Hungarians Mongolian?

We (Hungarians) are descendants of the great Huns of Attila. Five groups of Mongols have made themselves famous in Europe: The Huns with their mighty chief Attila, the Magyars, The Turks or Osmanli, the Mongol invaders of Russia (Hungary is part of Uralic racial type).