 The English term "Hungarian" is a derivative of the Latin "Ungri" or "Ungari" forms.According to András Róna-Tas the locality in which the Hungarians, the "Manicha-Er" group, emerged was between the Volga river and the Ural Mountains.Between the 8th and 5th centuries BC, the Magyars embarked upon their independent existence and the early period of the proto-Hungarian language began.