Hello Tom.

??? "th" sound as in "the"

No, the TH is unvoiced, like in the word YOUTH. Blow air thru your teeth and listen to the sound.

Hungarians called the Rusyn Ruten. I don't know if they still do.
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Ever wonder why in English WISDOM and TEARS are not spelled w/the letter Z?
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Tom, you may be interested in looking at a 1917 Rusyn textbook from St. Mary's School in Freeland, PA. You can actually download the book.
http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/ct0u/frldethnic.html