Hungarian language

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Finno-Ugric language Uralic language agglutinative language natural language

The Hungarian language is a Uralic language spoken primarily in Hungary, known for its agglutinative grammar, extensive case system, and vocabulary distinct from most other European languages.

Aliases (2)

Hungarian ×21
Old Hungarian ×2

Statements (95)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Finno-Ugric language → Uralic language → agglutinative language → natural language →
closelyRelatedTo	Khanty language → Mansi language →
hasAlphabetSize	44 letters including digraphs and trigraphs →
hasAnalyticTenseSystem	true →
hasBasicWordOrder	SOV-SVO flexible word order →
hasCaseSystem	extensive case system →
hasCEFRAlignedTeachingMaterials	true →
hasDefiniteConjugation	true →
hasDefiniteIndefiniteContrast	true →
hasDistinctLetters	á → é → í → ó → ö → ú → ü → ő → ű →
hasEthnologueCode	hun →
hasFirstContinuousTextFrom	12th century →
hasGlottocode	hung1274 →
hasIndefiniteConjugation	true →
hasISO639-1Code	hu →
hasISO639-2Code	hun →
hasISO639-3Code	hun →
hasLanguageRegulatorLocation	Budapest →
hasLoanwordsFrom	English → German → Latin → Romance languages → Slavic languages → Turkic languages →
hasMajorityLanguageStatusIn	Hungary →
hasMinorityLanguageStatusIn	Austria → Croatia → Romania → Serbia → Slovakia → Slovenia → Ukraine →
hasMorphologicalType	agglutinative →
hasNoArticlesInProtoStage	true →
hasNoGrammaticalGender	true →
hasNotableEarlyText	Funeral Sermon and Prayer → Old Hungarian Lamentations of Mary →
hasNumberOfCases	more than 15 grammatical cases →
hasNumberOfSpeakers	approximately 13 million →
hasOldestRecordsFrom	10th century →
hasPolitePronoun	maga → ön →
hasStandardPronunciationBasedOn	Budapest dialect →
hasStressPattern	fixed initial stress →
hasVowelHarmony	true →
isMutuallyIntelligibleWith	none of its neighboring Indo-European languages →
isNotIndoEuropean	true →
isTaughtAsForeignLanguageIn	many European universities →
languageBranch	Ugric languages →
languageFamily	Uralic languages →
nativeName	magyar nyelv →
officialLanguageOf	European Union → Hungary →
primaryCountry	Hungary →
regulatedBy	Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics →
spokenIn	Australia → Austria → Canada → Croatia → Hungary → Israel → Romania → Serbia → Slovakia → Slovenia → Ukraine → United States →
standardFormBasedOn	dialects of the central Hungarian plain →
usesDiacritics	acute accent →
usesDigraph	cs → gy → ly → ny → sz → ty → zs →
usesPostpositions	true →
usesSuffixesFor	case marking → derivation → plural marking → possessive marking →
usesTrigraph	dzs →
writingSystem	Latin script →

Referenced by (34)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Joachim → Maximilian → Nicholas →	hasLanguageOfUse
European Union ("Hungarian") → Hungarian government ("Hungarian") → Mako, Kingdom of Hungary ("Hungarian") →	hasOfficialLanguage
Hungarian Jews ("Hungarian") → Old Hungarian Lamentations of Mary ("Old Hungarian") → Stephen I of Hungary ("Old Hungarian") →	language
Ugric languages → Uralic languages →	hasMember
Romani language → Romanian language →	influencedBy
Hungarian 2nd Army ("Hungarian") → Hungarian forint ("Hungarian") →	languageOfName
Hungarian Diet ("Hungarian") → Vatican Radio ("Hungarian") →	languageOfWorkOrName
Hungarian American diaspora ("Hungarian") → National Assembly of Hungary ("Hungarian") →	languageUsed
Google Translate ("Hungarian") →	availableLanguage
Mansi language →	distantlyRelatedTo
Hungarian Unitarian Church ("Hungarian") →	hasLanguage
Gaja stream →	hasLanguageRegion
Karel ("Hungarian") →	hasLanguageUsage
Hungarian Unitarian Church ("Hungarian") →	hasLiturgicalLanguage
Province of Trieste ("Hungarian") →	hasRecognizedMinorityLanguage
Titel →	hasRegionalLanguagePresence
Romanians ("Hungarian") →	historicalLanguageInfluence
Drava ("Hungarian") →	languageOfAlternativeName
Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics ("Hungarian") →	languageOfWork
Hungarian Reformed churches ("Hungarian") →	languageOfWorship
Hungary–Austria border ("Hungarian") →	languageOnHungarianSide
Finnish language →	moreDistantlyRelatedTo
Kingdom of Hungary ("Hungarian") →	officialLanguage