Hungarian orthography

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Hungarian orthography is the standardized system of spelling and writing rules used for the Hungarian language.

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Hungarian orthography canonical 2

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Statements (102)

Predicate Object
instanceOf orthography
writing system
appliesTo Hungarian language NERFINISHED
currentEditionEffectiveFrom 2015
currentRulebookEdition 12
governs representation of assimilated consonants
use of accents on vowels
writing of numerals and dates
writing of proper names
hasFeature one sound one letter principle with exceptions
hasHistoricalInfluenceFrom Czech orthography
German orthography
Latin orthography
hasKeyReformer Ferenc Kazinczy NERFINISHED
hasNumberOfLetters 44
hasOfficialRulebook A magyar helyesírás szabályai
hasOnlineResource Magyar helyesírási szótár
hasPrinciple etymological spelling in some cases
morphological consistency
phonemic transparency
hasRegulatingBody Hungarian Academy of Sciences NERFINISHED
Hungarian Language Committee NERFINISHED
hasRuleType abbreviation rules
capitalization rules
compound word formation rules
foreign word adaptation rules
hyphenation rules
punctuation rules
word separation rules
hasSortingRule digraphs treated as single letters in collation
hasSpecialStatusLetters Q
W
X
Y
includesLetter A
B
C
Cs
D
Dz
Dzs
E
F
G
Gy
H
I
J
K
L
Ly
M
N
Ny
O
P
Q
R
S
Sz
T
Ty
U
V
W
X
Y
Z
Zs
Á
É
Í
Ó
Ö
Ú
Ü
Ő
Ű
isLargely phonemic
isUsedIn Hungarian-speaking communities in neighboring countries
Hungary NERFINISHED
marksLongConsonantsBy double digraphs
double letters
marksLongVowelsBy acute accent
double acute accent
standardizedInCentury 19th century
usesAlphabet Hungarian alphabet NERFINISHED
usesCommaBefore most subordinate clauses
usesDiacriticsFor front rounded vowels
vowel length
usesDigraph Cs
Gy
Ly
Ny
Sz
Ty
Zs
usesDoubleAcuteFor Ő
Ű
usesScript Latin script
usesSpecialStatusLettersPrimarilyFor foreign words
usesTrigraph Dzs

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Dávid hasWritingSystem Hungarian orthography
Béla writingSystem Hungarian orthography