Hungarian
PrintPrimary tabs
A language of Hungary
9,780,000 in Hungary (European Commission 2012). Total users in all countries: 12,574,280.
Widespread.
1 (National). De facto national language.
Western Transdanubian, Central Transdanubian, Southern Transdanubian, Southern Great Plains, Palóc, Tisza–Körös, Northeastern Hungarian. Reportedly 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.
SVO; postpositions; noun head final; definite article; case-marking (15 cases); verb affixes mark person, number, object; no passives; tense; comparatives; 25 consonants, 14 vowels, no diphthongs; non-tonal; stress on first syllable; vowel harmony.
Some also use English [eng] (European Commission 2006).