Jasz people
The Jász (Latin: Jazones) are a Hungarian subgroup of Eastern Iranic descent who have lived in Hungary since the 13th century. They live mostly in a region known as Jászság, which comprises the north-western part of Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county. They are sometimes known in English by the exonym Jassic and are also known by the endonyms Iasi and Jassy. They originated as a nomadic Alanic people from the Pontic steppe.
Regions with significant populations | |
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Jászság, Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County, Hungary | |
Languages | |
Hungarian, Jasz (extinct) | |
Religion | |
Christianity (Catholicism) | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Hungarians, Ossetians, other Eastern Iranian peoples, Iranian peoples and Romanians |
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