Madzhi

Madzhi is spoken in Oregon, by a community of about 3000 in scattered pockets, but mostly concentrated around Kelowna, Kamloops and Lillooet.

The theory is that the proto-Magyars, when they left the ancient homeland, split into two groups: one that went west to become the Hungarians, and one that went east and eventually wound up in the Lillooet/Shuswap area of *here's* British Columbia. The language is still rather Uralic, but has taken heavy influence from the local native languages, especially Lilloet and Shuswap. (FGV 12196)

A short Madzhi glossary:

train – n – tren (< Eng.)
tank – n – tænk (< Eng.)
minister – n – mınıstər (< Eng.)
congress – n – kɒngrɛs (< Eng.)
constitution – n – kɒnsıtuʃən (< Eng.)
police – n – polis (< Eng.)
telegraph – n – tɛləgrap (< Eng.)
electron – n – ilɛktron (< Eng.)
neutron – n – nɛwtron (< Eng.)
proton – n – proton (< Eng.)
atom – n – atom (< Eng.)
radio – n – radjo (< Eng.)
football – n – hutbɒl (< Eng.)
rugby – n – rɜgbi (< Eng.)
customs – n – dwana (< Cast.)
cardinal (eccl.) – n – kardinal (< Cast.)
cathedral – n – katedral (< Cast.)
revolution – n – revoluθjon (< Cast.)
barricade – n – varikaða (< Cast.)
rocket – n – rakejta (< Cast.)
bomb – n – bomba (< Cast.)
station – n – estaθjon (< Cast.)
German – adj – aleman (< Cast.)
Castillian – adj – kastelʲan (< Cast.)
Russian – adj – urus (cf. Hu. ‘orosz’)
wine – n – vino (< Cast.)
bathroom – n – bana (< Cast.)
television – n – tɛləviθor (< Cast.)
government – n – vlada (< Rus.)
law – n – zakon (< Rus.)
fort – n – krepost (< Rus.)
factory – n – zavod (< Rus.)
window – n – ɒkna (< Rus.)
soldier – n – vojn (< Rus.)
portage – n – portaʒ (< Fr.)
road – n - ʃømin (< Fr.)
post (office, etc) – n – pɒst (< Fr.)
hockey – n - ɒki (< Fr.)
puck – n – rondɛj (< Fr.)
goal (sport) – n – bʏ (< Fr.)
hall – n – sal (< Fr.)
restaurant – n – rɛstorɒn (< Fr.)
colonel – n – kolonɛl (< Fr.)
marshal (mil) – n – marʃal (< Fr.)
sergeant – n – sɛrʒɒn (< Fr.)
lieutenant – n – løtnɒn (< Fr.)
admiral – n – amiral (< Fr.)
captain – n – kapitan (< Fr.)
war – n – geɣ (< Fr.)
satellite – n – satelit (< Fr.)
drag – v – dʲuʃi
tow – v – xørʣi
dragonfly – n – soxorʃi
drain – vi – θwaɬadi
dream – n – wulym (cf. Hu. ‘álom’)
dress – vt – mæʒi; ~ oneself – v – mæʃəʣi
drift – v – naʣəlti
drink – v – aji (cf. Hu. ‘inni’, Vg. ‘aji’); give a ~ - v – ajʣi (cf. Hu ‘itatni’, Vg. ‘ajti’)
drip – v – hwaʒi
drop – vi – hwaʒi; vt – jolsʏndi; ~ down – v – joɬorıgmi
duck – n – høʣ
duck – v – natrali
each – adj & adv – kwazəg
eagle – n - ʒɛrqað
ear – n – hæl (cf. Hu. ‘fül’)
early – adv – walhəl
earthquake – n – mwazərχ
eat – v – θiexi
edge – n – k’ur
educate – v – jamarʣi
egg – n – mugi (cf. Fi. ‘muna’, Hu. ‘mony’)
elk – n – zworp
embrace – v – zinʤi
emerge – v – niegləri, xudʲıgli
emigrate – v – irəraʧi
empty – vi – lwoʃti
enchant – v – hieni
enchanting – adj – hienig
end – vi – jorojʣi, xorʣi; vt – xorʣəri
English – adj – ınglıʃ (< Eng.)
enough – adv – θwovri
enter – v – salʦi
era – n – jiz
Eskimo – n – jwørn (cf. Vg. ‘jo:rn’)
Indian (native North American) – n – jwørn
even – adv – uʧa
evening – n – jiʦi
event – n – nak
every – adj – kwazəg; adv – huzə
everyone – prn – xoʧoða
everywhere – adv – lakva
exact – adj – qwarəg
excavate – v – xıri
dig – v – xıri
except – adv – k’æʤər
expand – v – kontakwali
entirety – n – kwazʃaɢa
all – adj, prn, n – kwaz
east – n – lahpa
endless – adj – jorʣal
infinite – adv – jorʣal
complete – adj – kwaz
completeness – n – kwazʃaɢa
chief – n – hæt
knee – n – lænk
embody – v – ælhæʣpi
throne – n – tron (< Fr.)
beside – adv & postp – wodrət
brick – n – zid-kiv
wall – n – zid (< Rus.)
clay – n – ødøɣ (cf. Hu. ‘agyag’)
confuse – vt – ukʦivaɢi
be in future – v – lazi (cf. Hu. ‘lesz-’, Vt. ‘lee-’)
expensive – adj – θinəg (cf. Vg. ‘tinəƞ’), wøsəʁ
extend – v – worʣi
extinguish – v – k’arʁi
eye – n – sæm (cf. Hu. ‘szem’, Fi. ‘silmä’)
face – n – vidʲ
cheek – n – hajʣ
faint – v – xwohi
fairy – n – miz-nie
fall – v – haʤari, rahaʣi; ~ down – v – jolaɣi
false – adj – rieʣ
famous – adj – naməg
fast – adj – jærd, xadʲıʣ
fat – n – vwoj (cf. Hu. ‘vaj’, Fi. ‘voi’)
father – n – was (cf. Hu. ‘ős’, Vg. ‘a:s’, Fi. ‘isä’)
fathom – n – θɒr
feast – v – mujli (cf. Hu. ‘mulat-’)
feather – n – hun
Kelowna – n – k’aluwnɒ
Lilloet – n – lilwæt
ferry – n – hora
fetch – v – xoʁi
fight – v – vørʣoʣi
fill – v – θwaɢərʣi
fin – n – θwagv
find – v – xıdıgli
finger – n – θula
finish – vi – xorʣi; vt – k’ænaʒʣi, xorʣəri
fir – n – k’av; θwørıg; Douglas ~ – n – dʲurə
fire – n – nwaj
inferno – n – θæyʣ
fireplace – n – waras
fish – n – k’ul (cf. Hu. ‘hal’, Fi. ‘kala’)
fist – n – saɣən
flash – v – hordʲi
flaunt – v – jorʧi
flavour – n – aʣ (cf. Hu. ‘íz’)
flay – v – nudi (cf. Hu. ‘nyúz-‘)
fledgling – n & adj – laʤar
flesh – n – dʲovədʲ
floor – n – qøn
flotsam – n – luʒ
flow – n – ov
flower – n - ʒwor
flow – v – ovadi
fly – v – rohi (cf. Hu. ‘repül-’)
foal – n – dʲavər
fog – n – hwagv
food – n – θieh (cf. Hu. ‘táp’, Vg. ‘te:p’)
foot – n – lwagla (cf. Hu. ‘láb’, Vg. ‘laɣl’)
for – postp – møz
forbid – postp – lwagi
forest – zodʲ
thicket – n – wud (cf. Vg. ‘u:nt’, Hu. ‘vad’)
forget – v – xoʧi
form – v – xormi
form (shape) – n – xurı
Kamloops – n – tk’amlups
forward – adv & postp - əl
fox – n – oʃar
freeze – vi – hwodʲi (cf. Hu. ‘fagy-’, Vg. ‘po:lʲi’, Fi. ‘pala-’)
freeze – vt – hwoʤi (cf. Hu. ‘fagy-’ Vg. ‘po:lʲi’, Fi. ‘pala-’)
fret – v – θisti
freight – n – θiehər (cf. Hu. ‘teher’)
friend – n – ruma
fringe – n – luz
frog – n – horagva
frozen – adj – hwodʲam
fuck – v – vwovi
full – adj – θwaɢər
fur – n – zwaqi
furious – adj – lavəg
fury – n – lav