Hungarian, Magyar

	Hungarian is part of the Ugrian subgroup of Uralic languages, and so is not part of the Indo-European family tree. Its nearest 'relatives' are Finnish and Estonian.
	14,500,000 speakers
	Hungarian is the official language in Hungary. It is an officially recognized language in Serbia. Home speakers live in Romania, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Serbia, Ukraine, and Austria.
	Hungarian uses the Latin alphabet, with diacritics on vowels, as in á, é, í, ó, ú, ö, ü, ő, ű.
	The first recorded Hungarian words are personal and place names quoted in foreign sources, including Arabic, Greek and Byzantine, from the 10th century. The first substantial piece of Hungarian text is the Halotti Beszéd (Funeral Oration) of 1200.
	A Hungarian dictionary or phone directory can baffle a non-Hungarian reader, because its alphabet groups certain characters together and considers them as one, so that it runs: a, á, b, c, cs, d, dz, dzs, e, é, f, g, gy, h, i, í, j, k, l, ly, m, n, ny, o, ó, ö, ő, p, q, r, s, sz, t, ty, u, ú, ü, ű, v, z, zs.
	BBC World Service in Hungarian.

Key Phrases Igen. Yes. Nem. No. Üdvözlet! Welcome! Örvendek. Pleased to meet you. Jó napot. Hello. Viszontlátásra. Goodbye. Köszönöm. Thank you.
	A nevem ... My name is ... Beszél angolul? Do you speak English? Sajnos nem beszélek magyarul. I'm sorry, I don't speak Hungarian. Kérem, segítsen. I need help. Elnézést, hol van a vécé? Where is the toilet, please?

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