Who speaks Hungarian?

Hungarian belongs to the group of Finno-Ugric languages forming part of the Uralic-Altaic language family. It is estimated that about 15 million people speak Hungarian in the world.

Hungarian has the status of an official language in Hungary, some regions of Slovenia and Vojvodina. Outside these regions, its users will be found in Slovakia, Romania, Serbia, Ukraine and Austria.

History of the Hungarian language

In ancient times, Hungarians lived in the areas around the Kama, a Russian river, where they interacted with the Proto-Bulgarians. Later, around the 7th century AD, they moved to the Sea of Azov, where they came into contact with the Khazars. This led to the influence of the Turkish language on the Hungarian. After 895, the Hungarians conquered the Carpathian Basin and adopted many of the Slavs. When Hungary became Christian, many loanwords from Latin entered the Hungarian language. And in the 16th century, when the Habsburgs ascended to the throne of Hungary, many German loanwords permeated the Hungarian language. In the 19th century, Hungarian underwent a reform aimed at purifying it and introducing words originating from Finno-Ugric languages.

Use of Hungarian in business

Hungarian is used practically in Hungary; in other countries it is used only locally. Therefore, knowledge of it will be useful only for those companies that have business relations with this country. In the international arena, Hungarian does not play a significant role.

Hungarian translators

Skrivanek Translation House provides professional translations of texts from and into Hungarian.
We collaborate with an experienced team of translators specialized in various disciplines. We can provide both standard and certified translations. Our offer is addressed to companies from all sectors including: manufacturing, engineering, medicine, law and many more. We can translate an agreement from Hungarian or translate company documents, invoices, catalogues, advertising slogans, reports, business correspondence, deeds, powers of attorney, forms and other materials, also classified. Our Hungarian translators will not only ensure the accuracy of the translation, but also the effectiveness of the text, its appropriate style and adaptation to the cultural context, both in terms of the language itself and the country.

The most common orders for translations to and from Hungarian:

standard and business translations to and from Hungarian; express translations; certified translations; editing; localization; website translation into Hungarian; DTP – graphic preparation of documents; interpreting to and from Hungarian – simultaneous and consecutive;

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