The officially recognized minority languages in Hungary are the following: Armenian, Boyash, Bulgarian, Croatian, German, Greek, Polish, Romani, Romanian, Rusyn, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Ukrainian
Lets have a look at some of them briefly.
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Regional languages
The officially recognized minority languages in Hungary are the following: Armenian, Boyash, Bulgarian, Croatian, German, Greek, Polish, Romani, Romanian, Rusyn, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Ukrainian
Lets have a look at some of them briefly.
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The German Language In Hungary
German minority in Hungary is also referred to as the Danube Swabians. It consists of a group of some 180 000 individuals today.
Germans started migrating to Hungary from middle ages up until the 18th century mainly
In the first few decades of the 20th century, the German minority in Hungary was thriving, reaching numbers upwards 2 million
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The German Language in Hungary
Nationalist movements in hungary as well as various political decisions lead to a lot of Germans assimilating into Hungarian culture and adopting the language
Today it is not clear how many German Hungarians speak German
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The Greek language in Hungary
Greek is also spoken in Hungary, but not by a lot of people
Greek first began migrating to Hungary in the 15th century, but in a very small number
The majority of the members of the greek minority today came during the greek civil-war in the 1940s
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National minorities in Hungary
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When did the majority of the Greek minority came to Hungary ?