Language

The official and most widely spoken language is Hungarian. Hungarian is a Uralic language that is spoken in Hungary as well as parts of many neighboring countries. It is the official language of Hungary and one of the European Union's 24 official languages. Outside of Hungary, Hungarians live in southern Slovakia, western Ukraine, central and western Romania, northern Serbia, northern Croatia, northeastern Slovenia, and eastern Austria. English and German are the most widely spoken foreign languages in Hungary, however there are other recognized minority languages.

Hungarian is also spoken by Hungarian diaspora communities throughout the world, mainly in North America (primarily the United States and Canada) and Israel. It is the Uralic family's most populous member, with 13 million speakers.

Since the 13th century AD, the language has been written in a modified Latin alphabet, and its orthography was solidified with the arrival of printing in the 16th century. Hungarian orthography is distinguished by the acute accent (ó) denoting long vowels, which is doubled in the case of long front rounded vowels () and by unique representations for sibilant sounds.