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| − | + | The Hungarian language is member of the Finno-Ugric branch of languages; however, the set of the basic Hungarian words contains more than 300 Turkic words. | |
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| + | The Hungarian language is spoken by 10 million people in Hungary and about 5-6 million people outside of Hungary. | ||
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| + | ==Linguistic periods of the Hungarian language== | ||
| + | The Hungarian linguistics uses the following system: | ||
| + | *'''Ancient Hungarian Period''' (1000 BC-896) | ||
| + | *'''Old Hungarian Period''' (896-1526) | ||
| + | *'''Middle Hungarian Period''' (1526-1772) | ||
| + | *'''New Hungarian Period''' (1772-1920) | ||
| + | *'''Latest Hungarian Period''' (1920-present-day) | ||
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| + | ==Orthography== | ||
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| + | The official script is the Hungarian Latin based script, it is shortly called as '''Hungarian alphabet'''. | ||
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| + | Moreover, there are two historical scripts, which are used for presenting the Hungarian language: | ||
| + | * [[Szekely-Hungarian Rovas]] | ||
| + | * [[Carpathian Basin Rovas]] | ||
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| + | == Notes == | ||
| + | <references> | ||
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| + | [[Category:Writing systems]][[Category:Alphabets]] | ||
Revision as of 19:09, July 2, 2011
The Hungarian language is member of the Finno-Ugric branch of languages; however, the set of the basic Hungarian words contains more than 300 Turkic words.
The Hungarian language is spoken by 10 million people in Hungary and about 5-6 million people outside of Hungary.
Linguistic periods of the Hungarian language
The Hungarian linguistics uses the following system:
- Ancient Hungarian Period (1000 BC-896)
- Old Hungarian Period (896-1526)
- Middle Hungarian Period (1526-1772)
- New Hungarian Period (1772-1920)
- Latest Hungarian Period (1920-present-day)
Orthography
The official script is the Hungarian Latin based script, it is shortly called as Hungarian alphabet.
Moreover, there are two historical scripts, which are used for presenting the Hungarian language:
Notes
<references>