More Things In Heaven And Earth Dept.

[muckefuck]

Magyarabs. Nubians who claim descent from a Hungarian general fighting for the Ottomans.

ETA: But, of course, the WEIRDest population group in the world is all around me.

Comments

[aadroma.livejournal.com]

I don't know about you, but I find this fascinating!

[muckefuck.livejournal.com]

Are you kidding? I live for crazy shit like this!

Too bad they lost their Magyar. I would be really curious to see what it would look like after five centuries of Arabic influence!

[aadroma.livejournal.com]

I find it somewhat unlikely that -- especially as they're set apart from others around them -- that there aren't SOME sort of Magyar "artifacts" here and there in their speech. Oh well ;_;