Hungarian (magyar) is the official language of Hungary and the largest Uralic language by native speakers, spoken by about 12 million people in Hungary and neighboring parts of Austria, Croatia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia and Ukraine. It belongs to the Ugric branch of the Uralic family, unrelated to the Indo-European languages that surround it, and is written in a Latin alphabet with digraphs and diacritics of its own.
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Speaker Count RegionHungary and areas of east Austria, Croatia, Romania, northern Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, western Ukraine 1 Classification
Official Status Hungarian
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Source Wikipedia: Hungarian Language
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Source Wikipedia: Hungarian Language
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1. Wikipedia: Hungarian Language
Wikimedia Foundation- Lead section, opening description and Ugric branch statement
- Infobox, native speakers figure (12 million, 2021-2023)
- Infobox, native-to field
- Infobox, current native speaker figures
Official status, Hungarian entity page
Hungarian (magyar) is the official language of Hungary and the largest Uralic language by native speakers, spoken by about 12 million people in Hungary and neighboring parts of Austria, Croatia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia and Ukraine.
- In Family: Uralic, Classification section, member of the Uralic family, Ugric branch
- Written In: Latin Script, Infobox, writing system field (Latin script, Hungarian alphabet)
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