From a Hungarian’s perspective: well written piece with one correction: Hungarian language, while indeed unique, has a huge influence from Slavic languages, German (especially since the “language reform” of mid 1800s, many words translated directly from German), and some French influence blended into the Finno-Ugric language family. But …
From a Hungarian’s perspective: well written piece with one correction: Hungarian language, while indeed unique, has a huge influence from Slavic languages, German (especially since the “language reform” of mid 1800s, many words translated directly from German), and some French influence blended into the Finno-Ugric language family. But we still benefit from nobody understanding us when abroad, except the 800k+ Hungarians who emigrated after 1956 and since the 2004 EU accession (who tend to show up in the most unexpected places:-).
From a Hungarian’s perspective: well written piece with one correction: Hungarian language, while indeed unique, has a huge influence from Slavic languages, German (especially since the “language reform” of mid 1800s, many words translated directly from German), and some French influence blended into the Finno-Ugric language family. But we still benefit from nobody understanding us when abroad, except the 800k+ Hungarians who emigrated after 1956 and since the 2004 EU accession (who tend to show up in the most unexpected places:-).
Thank you! Valuable additions.