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Hungarian

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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.

Facts
Speaker Count
12,000,000 1
Status
Living 1
Region
Hungary and areas of east Austria, Croatia, Romania, northern Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, western Ukraine 1
Classification
Official Status
Official Language 1
Hungarian
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In Family

Source Wikipedia: Hungarian Language

Written In

Latin Script, Scripts
Source Wikipedia: Hungarian Language
Sources
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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