Serious academics and experts agree that the Hungarian language belongs to the Finno-Ugric language family. But there is a longstanding and robust tradition in the Hungary that challenges this judgement, and denial of the Finno-Ugric origin repeatedly appears in Hungarian political, (pseudo-)historical and (pseudo-)linguistic discourses. Some nationalist ideological streams, emphasizing the Eastern origin and orientation of the Hungarians are laying the ideological foundations for alternative, u