Hungary
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Armenian
[hye] 290 in Hungary (2001 census). Ethnic population: 840. Status: 5 (Dispersed). Classification: Indo-European, Armenian
Bulgarian
[bul] Budapest and Miskolc areas. 1,300 in Hungary (2001 census). Ethnic population: 1,700. Status: 4 (Educational). Dialects: Palityan.
Classification: Indo-European, Slavic, South, Eastern
Croatian
[hrv] South border area. 14,300 in Hungary (2001 census). Ethnic population: 19,200. Status: 4 (Educational). Language of recognized nationality (1993, Minorities Act No. LXXVII). Classification: Indo-European, Slavic, South, Western Comments: Christian.
German, Standard
[deu] Mostly west. 33,800 in Hungary (2001 census). Ethnic population: 88,400. Status: 4 (Educational). Language of recognized nationality (1993, Minorities Act No. LXXVII). Classification: Indo-European, Germanic, West, High German, German, Middle German, East Middle German Comments: Germans in Hungary speak varieties other than standard German at home.
Greek
[ell] Budapest and Miskolc areas. 1,920 in Hungary (2001 census). Ethnic population: 6,140. Status: 6b (Threatened). Classification: Indo-European, Greek, Attic
Hungarian
[hun] Widespread. Also in Australia, Austria, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, Israel, Romania, Russian Federation, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Ukraine, United States. 9,550,000 in Hungary (2001 census). 60,000–70,000 in Romania and Moldova speak Csango. Population total all countries: 12,319,330. Status: 1 (National). De facto national language. Alternate Names: Magyar Dialects: Central Transdanubian, North-eastern Hungarian, Palóc, Southern Great Plains, Southern Transdanubian, Tisza–Körös, Western Transdanubian. Most similar to the Uralic language Vogul (Mansi [mns]) in Siberia. Speakers of standard Hungarian have difficulty understanding the Oberwart dialect spoken in Austria, and considerable difficulty understanding the Moldavian Csángó dialect spoken in Rumania.
Classification: Uralic Comments: Ethnic autonym: Magyar.
Hungarian Sign Language
[hsh] Widespread. 30,000–60,000 deaf. Status: 6a (Vigorous). Alternate Names: Magyar Jelnyelv, Magyarországi jelnyelv Dialects: Budapest, Debrecen, Eger, Kaposvár, Sopron, Szeged, Vác. Related to Austrian Sign Language [asq]. Dialects have some different signs for lexical items, but similar or the same grammar.
Classification: Deaf sign language
Polish
[pol] Budapest and Miskolc areas. 2,580 in Hungary (2001 census). Ethnic population: 3,980. Status: 4 (Educational). Classification: Indo-European, Slavic, West, Lechitic
Romani, Balkan
[rmn] 48,700 claimed ‘cigány’ (Romani or Boyash, an archaic dialect of Romanian [ron] which is unrelated to Romani) as L1 (2001 census). Ethnic population: 190,000. Status: 5 (Developing). Alternate Names: Beás, Cigány, Roma Classification: Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Central zone, Romani, Balkan
Romanian
[ron] East; Budapest. 8,480 in Hungary (2001 census). Ethnic population: 9,160. Status: 4 (Educational). Alternate Names: Daco-Romanian, Moldavian, Rumanian Dialects: Boyash Romanian.
Classification: Indo-European, Italic, Romance, Eastern Comments: Substantial literature.
Rusyn
[rue] 1,110 in Hungary (2001 census). Ethnic population: 1,300. Status: 6a (Vigorous). Alternate Names: Carpathian, Carpatho-Rusyn, Ruthenian Classification: Indo-European, Slavic, East
Serbian
[srp] Near Serbian border north of Budapest. 3,390 in Hungary (2001 census). Ethnic population: 5,280. Status: 4 (Educational). Language of recognized nationality (1993, Minorities Act No. LXXVII). Classification: Indo-European, Slavic, South, Western Comments: Muslim.
Slovak
[slk] Southeast and near Slovak-Hungary border. 11,800 in Hungary (2001 census). Ethnic population: 26,600. Status: 4 (Educational). Language of recognized nationality (1993, Minorities Act No. LXXVII). Classification: Indo-European, Slavic, West, Czech-Slovak
Slovene
[slv] Near Slovenia border. 3,190 in Hungary (2001 census). Ethnic population: 3,440. Status: 4 (Educational). Language of recognized nationality (1993, Minorities Act No. LXXVII). Alternate Names: Slovenian Dialects: Prekmurski.
Classification: Indo-European, Slavic, South, Western
Ukrainian
[ukr] 4,890 in Hungary (2001 census). Ethnic population: 4,780. Status: 5 (Dispersed). Classification: Indo-European, Slavic, East