Hungarian Sign Language
A language of Hungary
| Population | 30,000 to 60,000 deaf. |
| Region | Widespread. |
| Alternate names | Magyar Jelnyelv |
| Dialects | Budapest, Sopron, Debrecen, Szeged, Eger, Kaposvár, Vác. Related to Austrian Sign Language. Dialects have some different signs for lexical items, similar or same grammar. |
| Classification | Deaf sign language |
| Language use | 300,000 hard-of-hearing people use it as L1 or L2. Budapest dialect is viewed as the standard. All ages. |
| Language development | Dictionary. Grammar. |
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