Spoken by around 14 million people, Hungarian belongs to the Uralic family of languages such as Finnish and Estonian. Hungarian is related to Khanty and Mansi languages which are spoken by people in the western Siberia and near the Ural Mountains respectively.
It is considered as the official language in Hungary. Outside Hungary, Hungarian is used by the Hungarian diaspora in other countries such as Slovenia, Serbia and Transylvania in Romania. Hungarian is also considered as a regional language in Slovakia, Croatia, Austria, and Ukraine. Besides, Hungarian speakers can also be found in Czech Republic, Belgium, Brazil, the Netherlands, Italy, Venezuela, France, Finland, Australia, Canada, the UK and the USA.
Hungarian literature
The first written accounts of Hungarian language date back to 10th century. Initially the Latin alphabet was used to write the Hungarian language. However during the 13th century, text in Hungarian language started to appear. It is only in 19th century that the Hungarian literature flourished as the language was reformed with the efforts of Ferenc Kazinczy. In fact, in the year 2002, Imre Kertész became the first Hungarian author who received the Nobel Prize for Literature.
Dialects & translations
The modern standard Hungarian which is taught in schools and colleges is based on eastern and western dialects. If you wish to start a business in Hungary, you need to sell your products and services in the Hungarian language which the natives can understand. To ensure highest quality of translations, you must approach a professional translation agency be it translation service in Edmonton or Regina translation services provider where experts translators provides most accurate Hungarian translations within deadline.
