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Hungary

Languages

Description

Hungarian is the official and predominant spoken language in Hungary.

According to the 2011 census...

• Hungarian language - spoken by 99.6% in Hungary (99% as a first language)
• English and German - most spoken foreign languages
• other minority languages are --
  • Armenian
  • Bulgarian
  • Croatian
  • Greek
  • Romanian
  • Romani
  • Rusyn
  • Serbian
  • Slovak
  • Slovenian
  • Ukrainian

Word List(s)

• Hungarian Genealogical Word List
• Latin Genealogical Word List
• German Genealogical Word List
• Greetings and Basics of Hungarian - HungarianReference.com

Alphabet and Pronunciation

Alphabet

• Hungarian Alphabet - HungarianReference.com

Pronunciation

Language Aids and Dictionaries

Dictionaries

• Országh László & Magay Tamás, Angol-magyar kéziszótár = English-Hungarian dictionary, Budapest : Akadémiai K., 2011 - Available at WorldCat

Online Dictionaries

• Hungarian Online Dictionary - Lexilogos
• Hungarian-English Dictionary - Bab.la

Language Aids

• An Overview of Hungarian Grammar - Hungarian Pod101

Additional Resources

• Christina Mayer, Hungarian, Footscray, Vic., Australia ; Oakland, CA : Lonely Planet Publications, 2005 - Available at WorldCat
• Hungarian phrase book & dictionary, New York : Berlitz Publishing, 2015 - Available at WorldCat

The Hungarian Alphabet

Aa Áá Bb Cc CScs Dd DZdz DZSdzs Ee Éé Ff Gg GYgy Hh Ii Íí Jj Kk Ll LYly Mm Nn NYny Oo Óó Öö Őő Pp (Qq) Rr Ss SZsz Tt TYty Uu Úú Üü Űű Vv (Ww) (Xx) Yy Zz ZSzs

Glossary of Unusual Words and Terms

Az irtványok were apparently settlers who cleared forestland and then farmed it under the feudal system in Hungary.