Map o pairts whaur the native leid is Hungarian represent a majority (blue) or a substantial minority (blae). Based on recent censuses an on the CIA Warld Factbook 2014[7]
Hungarian (magyar nyelv) is a Uralic leid (mair speceefically an Ugric leid) sindry frae maist ither leids in Europe. It is spoken in Hungary an bi the Hungarian minorities in seeven neebourin kintras, thay are Romanie, Slovakie, Serbie,Ukraine an a smaa minority byde in Austrick an Slovenie. The Hungarian name fur the leid is magyar (IPA: [ˈmɒɟɒr̪]). Hungarian is close tae the Mansi leid spoken in the Urals by aboot 960 fowk (2010), but is sib til Finnish an Estonie an aa.
↑Michalove, Peter A. (2002). "The Classification of the Uralic Languages: Lexical Evidence from Finno-Ugric" [The Classification o the Uralic Leids: Lexical Evidence frae Finno-Ugric]. Finnisch-Ugrische Forschungen (in Inglis). 57.
↑Kulonen, Ulla-Maija (2002). "Kielitiede ja suomen väestön juuret" [Linguistics an the roots o the Finns population]. In Grünthal, Riho (ed.). Ennen, muinoin. Miten menneisyyttämme tutkitaan [In times gaun awa. Hou tae study oor past]. Tietolipas (in Finnish). 180. Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura. pp. 104–108. ISBN978-951-746-332-4.