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1 Countries

1.1 Countries

European Union, Hungary, Serbia, Vojvodina, Serbia

1.2 Total No. Of Countries

5
Rank: 10 (Overall)
Bhojpuri
0 46

1.3 National Language

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

1.4 Second Language

United States of America

1.5 Speaking Continents

Africa, Europe

1.6 Minority Language

Austria, Croatia, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine

1.7 Regulated By

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

1.8 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.

1.9 Similar To

Mansi and Khanty Languages

1.10 Derived From

East and South Slavic Languages

2 Alphabets

2.1 Alphabets in

2.2 Alphabets

40
Rank: 21 (Overall)
Irish
18 247

2.3 Phonology

2.3.1 How Many Vowels

14
Rank: 11 (Overall)
Hebrew
0 32

2.3.2 How Many Consonants

25
Rank: 15 (Overall)
German
9 60

2.4 Scripts

Latin

2.5 Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal

2.6 Hard to Learn

2.6.1 Language Levels

6
Rank: 5 (Overall)
Bengali
2 12

2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks
Rank: 11 (Overall)
Cebuano
3 88

3 Greetings

3.1 Hello

szia

3.2 Thank You

köszönöm

3.3 How Are You?

Hogy vagy?

3.4 Good Night

Jó Éjszakát

3.5 Good Evening

jó Estét

3.6 Good Afternoon

Jó Napot Kívánok

3.7 Good Morning

jó Reggelt

3.8 Please

Kérlek

3.9 Sorry

bocsi

3.10 Bye

viszlát

3.11 I Love You

Szeretlek

3.12 Excuse Me

elnézést

4 Dialects

4.1 Dialect 1

Csángó

4.1.1 Where They Speak

Bacău County, Rumania

4.1.2 How Many People Speak

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Macedonian
1.5 960000000

4.2 Dialect 2

Oberwart

4.2.1 Where They Speak

Austria

4.2.2 How Many People Speak

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Dzongkha
700 80000000

4.3 Dialect 3

Székely

4.3.1 Where They Speak

Székely Land

4.3.2 How Many People Speak

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Romanian
1400 96000000

4.4 Total No. Of Dialects

11
Rank: 11 (Overall)
Sanskrit
0 188

5 How Many People Speak

5.1 How Many People Speak?

13.00 million
Rank: 49 (Overall)
Abkhaz
0.13 1200

5.2 Speaking Population

0.19 %
Rank: 45 (Overall)
Xhosa
0.11 89

5.3 Native Speakers

13.00 million
Rank: 43 (Overall)
Abkhaz
0.13 873

5.3.1 Second Language Speakers

0.07 million
Rank: 38 (Overall)
Finnish
0.01 400

5.3.2 Native Name

magyar / magyar nyelv

5.3.3 Alternative Names

Magyar

5.3.4 French Name

hongrois

5.3.5 German Name

Ungarisch

5.4 Pronunciation

[ˈmɒɟɒr]

5.5 Ethnicity

Hungarians

6 History

6.1 Origin

1192 AD

6.2 Language Family

Uralic Family

6.2.1 Subgroup

Finno-Ugric

6.2.2 Branch

Ugric

6.3 Language Forms

6.3.1 Early Forms

Old Hungarian

6.3.2 Standard Forms

Modern Hungarian

6.3.3 Language Position

66
Rank: 47 (Overall)
Chinese
1 120

6.3.4 Signed Forms

Not Available

6.4 Scope

Individual

7 Code

7.1 ISO 639 1

hu

7.2 ISO 639 2

7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T

hun

7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B

hun

7.3 ISO 639 3

hun

7.4 ISO 639 6

Not Available

7.5 Glottocode

hung1274

7.6 Linguasphere

ohu

7.7 Types of Language

7.7.1 Language Type

Living

7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Object-Verb

7.7.3 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.