ass ic ▁() ▁is ▁an ▁ext inct ▁dialect ▁of ▁the ▁Os set ian ▁language ▁once ▁spoken ▁in ▁Hung ary , ▁named ▁after ▁the ▁J asz ▁people , ▁a ▁nom adic ▁tribe ▁that ▁settled ▁in ▁Hung ary ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 3 th ▁century . ▁ ▁History ▁The ▁J asz ▁( J ass ic ) ▁people ▁came ▁to ▁Hung ary ▁together ▁with ▁the ▁C um ans , ▁ch ased ▁by ▁the ▁Mong ols . ▁They ▁were ▁admitted ▁by ▁the ▁Hung arian ▁king ▁Bé la ▁IV , ▁hoping ▁that ▁they ▁would ▁assist ▁in ▁fighting ▁against ▁a ▁Mong ol - T atar ▁invasion . ▁But ▁shortly ▁after ▁their ▁entry , ▁the ▁relationship ▁w ors ened ▁dram atically ▁between ▁the ▁Hung arian ▁nob ility ▁and ▁the ▁C uman ian - J ass ic ▁tribes ▁and ▁they ▁left ▁the ▁country . ▁After ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁Mong ol - T atar ▁occupation ▁they ▁returned ▁and ▁were ▁settled ▁in ▁the ▁central ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁Hung arian ▁P lain . ▁ ▁Initial ly , ▁their ▁main ▁occupation ▁was ▁animal ▁husband ry . ▁During ▁the ▁next ▁two ▁centuries ▁they ▁were ▁assim il ated ▁into ▁the ▁Hung arian ▁population ▁and ▁their ▁language ▁disappeared , ▁but ▁they ▁preserved ▁their ▁J ass ic ▁identity ▁and ▁their ▁regional ▁aut onomy ▁until ▁ 1 8 7 6 . ▁Over ▁a ▁dozen ▁settlement s ▁in ▁Central ▁Hung ary ▁( e . g . ▁J ász ber ény , ▁J ás zá ro ks zá ll ás , ▁and ▁J ász f én ysz aru ) ▁still ▁bear