Hungary Languages

Hungary Wiki Topics
Beginning Research
Research Strategies Record Finder Online Learning
Record Types
Cemeteries Census Church History Church Records Civil Registration Emigration & Immigration Compiled Genealogies	Jewish Records Land & Property Military Records Nobility Obituaries Online Records Periodicals Religious Records Taxation
Hungary Background
Biography Gazetteers Handwriting Hungarian Word List History	Languages Maps Naming Customs Social Life & Customs
Local Research Resources
Archives & Libraries Societies FamilySearch Centers

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
• German Genealogical Word List
• Greetings and Basics of Hungarian - HungarianReference.com
• Hungarian Core 100 Word List - Hungarian Pod 101
• 1,000 Most Common Hungarian Words - 101Languages
• Hungarian Kinship Terms - Wikipedia
• Hungarian Vocabulary Examples - Wikipedia

Alphabet and Pronunciation

Alphabet

• Hungarian Alphabet - HungarianReference.com
• Hungarian Consonants and Vowels - Wikipedia
• Hungarian Alphabet - Wikipedia
• Hungarian Alphabet - MyLanguage.org

Pronunciation

• Hungarian Language Pronunciation - MyLanguage.org
• Hungarian Pronunciation Guide - Hungarian101
• Hungarian Pronunciation Dictionary - Forvo

Language Aids and Dictionaries

Dictionaries

• László, Országh and Magay Tamás. Angol-magyar kéziszótár = English-Hungarian dictionary. Budapest: Akadémiai K., 2011. Available at: WorldCat.
• Takács, Géza. Hungarian-English, English-Hungarian. n.p.: Hippocrene Books, 1996. Available at: GoogleBooks.
• Kiadó, Akadémiai. Hungarian-English dictionary. n.p.: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006. Available at: GoogleBooks.

Online Dictionaries

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

Language Aids

• An Overview of Hungarian Grammar - Hungarian Pod101
• Hungarian Grammar - Wikipedia
• Simplified Grammar of the Hungarian Language - Wikisource

Additional Resources

• Mayer, Christina. Hungarian. Footscray, Vic., Australia: Lonely Planet Publications, 2005. Available at: WorldCat.
• Hungarian phrase book & dictionary. New York: Berlitz Publishing, 2015. Available at: WorldCat.
• Benkö, Loránd and Samu Imre. The Hungarian language. n.p.: De Gruyter, 1972. Available at: WorldCat.
• Learn Hungarian - MyLanguages.org