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Countries

Countries

European Union, Hungary, Serbia, Vojvodina, Serbia

Total No. Of Countries

5
Rank: 10 (Overall)
0 46
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National Language

Austria, Gambia, Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine

Second Language

United States of America

Speaking Continents

Africa, Europe

Minority Language

Austria, Croatia, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine

Regulated By

known, Research Institute for Linguistics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (Magyar Tudományos Akadémia Nyelvtudományi Intézete)

Interesting Facts

  • Hungarian language has only preserved most of its ancient elements.
  • 'Magyar' is the Hungarian name for the language, the 'Magyar' is also used as an English word to refer to Hungarian people.

Similar To

Mansi and Khanty Languages

Derived From

East and South Slavic Languages

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

40
Rank: 21 (Overall)
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

14
Rank: 11 (Overall)
0 32
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How Many Consonants

25
Rank: 15 (Overall)
9 60
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Scripts

Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

6
Rank: 5 (Overall)
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks
Rank: 17 (Overall)
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

szia

Thank You

köszönöm

How Are You?

Hogy vagy?

Good Night

Jó Éjszakát

Good Evening

jó Estét

Good Afternoon

Jó Napot Kívánok

Good Morning

jó Reggelt

Please

Kérlek

Sorry

bocsi

Bye

viszlát

I Love You

Szeretlek

Excuse Me

elnézést

Dialects

Dialect 1

Csángó

Where They Speak

Bacău County, Rumania

How Many People Speak

13,000,000.00
Rank: 34 (Overall)
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Oberwart

Where They Speak

Austria

How Many People Speak

13,000,000.00
Rank: 32 (Overall)
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Székely

Where They Speak

Székely Land

How Many People Speak

13,000,000.00
Rank: 28 (Overall)
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

11
Rank: 11 (Overall)
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

13.00 million
Rank: 49 (Overall)
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.19 %
Rank: 48 (Overall)
0 89
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Native Speakers

13.00 million
Rank: 43 (Overall)
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

0.07 million
Rank: 67 (Overall)
0.01 400
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Native Name

magyar / magyar nyelv

Alternative Names

Magyar

French Name

hongrois

German Name

Ungarisch

Pronunciation

[ˈmɒɟɒr]

Ethnicity

Hungarians

History

Origin

1192 AD

Language Family

Uralic Family

Subgroup

Finno-Ugric

Branch

Ugric

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old Hungarian

Standard Forms

Modern Hungarian

Language Position

66
Rank: 57 (Overall)
1 120
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Signed Forms

Hungarian Sign Language

Scope

Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

hu

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

hun

ISO 639 2/B

hun

ISO 639 3

hun

ISO 639 6

hun

Glottocode

hung1274

Linguasphere

ohu

Types of Language

Language Type

Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

Agglutinative, Synthetic

Origin of Hungarian language

In order to communicate with each other, the origin of language was the essential part. Various languages are spoken all over the world. Hungarian language is one of the Most Difficult Languages. The origin of Hungarian language states that it was put to use in 1192 AD. The history of Hungarian language reveals that the language is old and used since many years. Check out in brief about Hungarian Language History.The evolution of Hungarian language began with early forms such as Old Hungarian. Modern Hungarian is the standard form of Hungarian language and it is used in government centers. Know all About Hungarian Language.

Hungarian population

Hungarian population gives us the total count of number of people speaking Hungarian language. Hungarian language is spoken by 13.00 million people in the world. Most of the Hungarian population lies in the Hungarian Speaking Countries. Hungarian language is spoken as first language by 13.00 million people and as second language by about 0.07 million people. Get to know Hungarian speaking population in detail.

Hungarian writing system

There are numerous writing systems but most widely used scripts are Latin, Cyrillic and Arabic. Hungarian writing system decides the alphabets, vowels and consonants i.e. the written form of Hungarian language. Some languages share common writing systems. Latin script is used by Hungarian language. Learn more about . 

Information about Hungarian language

Check out all the information about Hungarian language here. You may find it interesting to learn Hungarian Alphabets or the vowels and consonants of this language. Also knowing about Hungarian Speaking Countries, Hungarian speaking continents and Hungarian Dialects will help in improving your knowledge about this language. Also while travelling to Hungarian countries knowing common Hungarian Greetings will help you in communicating with Hungarian people.