Hungarian
A language of Hungary
Population | 9,550,000 in Hungary (2001 census). 60,000–70,000 in Romania and Moldova speak Csango. Population total all countries: 12,501,270. |
Region | Also in Australia, Austria, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, Israel, Romania, Russian Federation (Europe), Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine, United States. |
Alternate names | Magyar |
Dialects | Alfold, Csango, West Danube, Danube-Tisza, King’s Pass Hungarian, Northeast Hungarian, Northwest Hungarian, Székely, West Hungarian. Most similar to the Uralic language Vogul (Mansi [mns]) in Siberia. Speakers of Standard Hungarian have difficulty understanding the Oberwart dialect spoken in Austria, and considerable difficulty understanding the Moldavian Csángó dialect spoken in Rumania. |
Classification | Uralic |
Language use | National language. |
Language development | Taught in primary and secondary schools. Fully developed. Bible: 1590–1991. |
Writing system | Latin script. |
Comments | ‘Magyar’ is the Hungarian name. SVO. |
Also spoken in:
Austria
Language name | Hungarian |
Population | 25,900 in Austria (2001 census). |
Region | Vienna, Lower Austria, Styria, Burgenland. |
Alternate names | Magyar |
Dialects | Oberwart. |
Language use | National language. Taught in primary schools where there are larger numbers of speakers in Burgenland. |
Israel
Language name | Hungarian |
Population | 70,000 in Israel (1998 H. Mutzafi). |
Language use | Older adults prefer Hungarian. Also use Hebrew [heb]. |
Comments | Jewish. |
Romania
Language name | Hungarian |
Population | 1,450,000 in Romania (2002 census). |
Region | Trans-Carpathian provinces. |
Alternate names | Magyar |
Language use | Also use Romanian [ron]. |
Serbia
Language name | Hungarian |
Population | 451,000 in Serbia (1986). |
Region | Vojvodine. |
Alternate names | Magyar |
Language use | Official regional status in Vojvodine. |
Slovakia
Language name | Hungarian |
Population | 521,000 in Slovakia (2001 census). |
Region | South. |
Alternate names | Magyar |
Slovenia
Language name | Hungarian |
Population | 9,240 in Slovenia (1991 census). |
Region | East. |
Alternate names | Magyar |
Language use | Official language. |
Comments | Acknowledged as autochthonous (indigenous) communities and protected by the constitution. |
Ukraine
Language name | Hungarian |
Population | 176,000 in Ukraine (Johnstone and Mandryk 2001). |
Region | Transcarpathian Ukraine. |
Language map |
Ukraine |
Alternate names | Magyar |
Language use | 95% speak it as L1. |
Comments | Christian. |