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出典:『Wikipedia』 (2011/07/19 23:27 UTC 版)
The Huns were a group of nomadic people who, appearing from east of the Volga, migrated into Europe c. AD 370 and built up a vast empire there. Since de Guignes linked them with the Xiongnu, who had been northern neighbours of China 300 years prior to the emergence of the Huns, considerable scholarly effort has been devoted to investigating such a connection. However, there is no evidence for a direct connection between the dominant element of the Xiongnu and that of the Huns. A contemporary mentions that the Huns had a language of their own; little of it has survived and its relationships have been the subject of debate for centuries. According to predominant theories, theirs was a Turkic language.:744 Numerous other languages were spoken within the Hun pax including East Germanic.:202 Their main military technique was mounted archery.