HUNGARIAN LANGUAGE FACTS:

NATIVE: Magyar

NATIVE SPEAKERS: 13 million

OFFICIAL LANGUAGE IN: Hungary, Serbia and the European Union

WRITING SYSTEMS: Latin (Hungarian alphabet)

REGULATED BY: Magyar Tudományos Akadémia Nyelvtudományi Intézete (Research Institute for Linguistics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences)

Helpful Resources:

Dictionaries:

Collin, P. H., Kinga Pétervári, Lénárd Darázs, and Endréné Rédl. Hungarian law dictionary: English-Hungarian. Teddington, Middlesex: P. Collin, 2000.

Szabó, Éva. Hungarian practical dictionary: Hungarian-English, English-Hungarian. Bilingual ed. New York: Hippocrene Books, 2005.

Academic and Research:

University of Pécs, Medical School International Studies Program

The curious case of Hungarian: Europe’s most complex language?  Oxford Dictionary Blog

Hungarian Language

The language of the Hungarian people. Hungarian belongs to the Uralic language family, and is not part of the Indo-European languages.

Economic Significance

Hungary is the leading electronics producer in Central and Eastern Europe.

History

Linguists theorize that Hungarian separated from Ugric in the first millennium. The first printed Hungarian book was written during the 16^th century. During the 18^th century, Hungarian language experienced a revival and increased standardization.

Dialects

Western Transdanubia, Central Transdanubia, Northeast Hungarian, King's Pass Hungarian