Hungarian language Cipőfűző wtf?

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Short history !   First Latin text containing Hungarian words: 1055

establishing charter of abbey of Tihany

!   First known Hungarian text: 1192-95 Funeral Sermon and Prayer

!   The official language in Hungary since 1836

!   Language reform: end of 1800s – beginning of 1900s ç science without latin (cipőfűző)

ferervaru rea meneh hodu utu rea

Fehérvárra menő hadi útra

Main Facts !   Uralic language family – Finno-Ugric

!   17 million speakers (ca. 15 million native)

!   The most widely spoken non-Indo-European language in Europe

!   10 dialects

!   Stress is always on the first syllable

Finnish Estonian

1 yksi üks

2 kaksi kaks

3 kolme kolm

father isä isa

child lapsi laps

horse hevonen hobune

tree puu puu

day päivä päev

night yö öö

eat syödä sööma

cry hauta haud

Finnish Estonian Hungarian

1 yksi üks egy

2 kaksi kaks kettő

3 kolme kolm három

father isä isa apa

child lapsi laps gyerek

horse hevonen hobune ló

tree puu puu fa

day päivä päev nap

night yö öö éjszaka

eat syödä sööma eszik

cry hauta haud sír

Alphabet !   Extended Latin alphabet

!   44 letters (Q, W, X, Y)

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 W X Y Z Zs

Special vowels and consonants !   ‘Long vowels’

! Á É Í Ó Ő Ú Ű !   Independent letters

agy ágy el él

!   Long consonants !   Letter duplication ! tt, gg, zz, ll !   But simplified in writing: sz+sz è ssz, gy+gyè ggy, etc.

!   Double (triple) consonants !   Cs, Dz, Gy, Ly, Ny, Sz, Ty, Zs (Dzs)

Special vowels and consonants !   G-Gy, N-Ny, T-Ty

!   Y changes the pronunciation !   Different use in most of the cases

!   L-Ly ! Luk = lyuk (hole), but gulya-gúla !   Ly pronounced as J, but written differently – no

rule !   J-only, Ly-only, different meaning

fojt folyt

The most common letter is

!   E

!   Over 12%

!   Language game: ‘eszperente language’ it also exists in Italian

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