hungarianspeaking

Hungarianspeaking refers to people who speak Hungarian as their first language or as a substantial part of their linguistic repertoire. The Hungarian language is a member of the Uralic language family, in the Finno-Ugric branch, and is not closely related to most neighboring languages. It uses a Latin-based alphabet with diacritics and a set of digraph letters such as cs, dz, dzs, gy, ly, ny, sz, ty, and zs, which are considered single letters in the Hungarian spelling system.

Most Hungarian speakers live in Hungary, where it is the national language. There are large Hungarian-speaking minority communities elsewhere in Europe, notably in Romania (Transylvania and parts of other counties), Slovakia, Serbia (Vojvodina), Ukraine (Zakarpattia), and Austria (Burgenland). Smaller communities exist in neighboring Czechia, Slovenia, and in the United States, Canada, Germany, and other countries due to migration. Worldwide, there are roughly 13–14 million native speakers, with several million more who use Hungarian as a second or learned language.

Hungarian exhibits several dialect groups, including the Transdanubian and Great Hungarian Plain dialects, as well as regional varieties in Transylvania (Székely and Csángó) and other parts of the Carpathian Basin. Standard Hungarian is based on the central dialects and is used in education, media, and administration in Hungary. The language is written with the Latin alphabet and distinctive diacritics, contributing to its unique phonology and orthography within the region.