The Hungarian
language
Its origin
 Member
of the Finno-Ugric language
family
 The official language of Hungary, but it is
also spoken in Romania, Serbia, Slovakia,
Ukraine, Austria, Croatia and Slovenia
 Spoken by 16 million people
About the language ...
 Hungarian
is one of the most difficult
languages in the world.
 It is completely unique, no other language
is similar to the Hungarian language.
 Some words have been taken over from
the following languages: Latin, German,
French, Italian, and English.
 Those
who do not know this language
consider it strange and unusual.
 Those who know it think it is
interesting.
 Those who speak and understand
Hungarian consider it beautiful.
Famous people’s thoughts on the
Hungarian language
 Jacob
Grimm: ’The Hungarian language is
logical, has a perfect structure and
surpasses every other language.’
 George Bernard Shaw: ’I can say with
confidence that my literary work would
have been far more precious if my first
language had been Hungarian.’
Famous Hungarians

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There have been more than 10 Hungarian Nobel Prize
winners so far, e.g. Kertész Imre, Szent-Györgyi
Albert, Winger Jenő, Fülöp Lénárd , or Bárány
Róbert
Scientists and inventors: Goldmark Péter Károlycolour television, Teller Ede-hydrogen bomb, Bíró
László-ballpoint pen, Irinyi János-noiseless match,
Kemény János György-BASIC programming language,
Puskás Tivadar-telephone exchange