Hungary Languages

In Hungary, there are many languages used. However, the official language of the country is Hungarian alone. Hungarian, or Magyar, is a finno-Ugric language that is not related to most languages in Europe. It is a language that uses several different affixes which also include prefixes and suffixes. Besides being the most spoken language in Hungary, spoken by 99.6% of the total Hungary population, it is the 13th most spoken language in Europe.

The language breakdown of Hungary is as follows: Finnish 0.08%, Bulgarian 0.09%, Swedish 0.09%, Polish 0.09%, Danish 0.11%, Greek 0.13%, Dutch 0.23%, Arabic 0.24% Slovak 0.25%, Japanese 0.26%, Basque 0.29%, Croatian 0.38%, Spanish 0.55%, Italian 0.74%, Romanian 0.99%, French 1.79%, Russian 2.63%, German 10.87%, English 12.43% and Hungarian 99.6%. The learned people use English more than other languages in Hungary.

Hungarian is a part of the Uralic family, like Finnish and Estonian. Its closest relatives, however, are the Mansi and Khanty from Russia. Hungarian is endowed with many consonants and vowels. It has 14 vowels, 8 of which are short and 25 consonants. Pairs of these vowels are similar, with the difference being the duration of the speech. The remaining 6 vowels out of the 14 are written with an acute inflection. The consonants too have more phonemes than other Uralic languages.

99.6% of the population of Hungary speaks Hungarian, more than any other language used. Other languages that are spoken in the country are German, spoken by ethnic Germans living around the Mecsek Mountains, Slovak that is spoken by the Slovak minority living near Bekescsaba in North Hungarian Mountains, Serbian that is spoken by the Serbs in Southern Hungary, Slovene, Croatian, Romanian, and Romani. English and German are the most spoken foreign languages in Hungary.

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Published on 2019-11-06


Capital	Budapest
Languages	Hungarian (official) 99.6%, English 16%, German 11.2%, Russian 1.6%, Romanian 1.3%, French 1.2%, other 4.2%
Ethnic Groups	Hungarian 85.6%, Romani 3.2%, German 1.9%, other 2.6%, unspecified 14.1% (2011 est.)
Religion	Roman Catholic 37.2%, Calvinist 11.6%, Lutheran 2.2%, Greek Catholic 1.8%, other 1.9%, none 18.2%, unspecified 27.2% (2011 est.)
Government	Parliamentary republic
Independance	16 November 1918 (republic proclaimed); notable earlier dates: 25 December 1000 (crowning of King STEPHEN I, traditional founding date); 30 March 1867 (Austro-Hungarian dual monarchy established)
Area	93,028.00 km²
Water Area	3,420.00 km²
Land Area	89,608.00 km²
Population	9,874,784.00 A fairly even distribution throughout most of the country, with urban areas attracting larger and denser populations
Location	Central Europe, northwest of Romania
No. Bordering Countries	7
Bordering Countries	Austria 321 km, Croatia 348 km, Romania 424 km, Serbia 164 km, Slovakia 627 km, Slovenia 94 km, Ukraine 128 km
GDP(PPP)	$268,000,000,000.00 (USD)
GDP (Per Capita)	$27,200.00 (USD)
Export Partners	Its major export partners are Germany, Romania, and Slovakia.
Export Commodities	Its main exports are machinery and equipment, as wlel as food products.
Import Partners	Its major import partners are Germany, China, and Austria.
Import Commodities	Its major imports include machinery and equipment, other manufactures, fuels, and electricity.
Climate	Temperate; cold, cloudy, humid winters; warm summers
Terrain	Mostly flat to rolling plains; hills and low mountains on the Slovakian border
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