Hungary
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Arabic, North Levantine Spoken
[apc] Users: 2,930 in Hungary (2011 census). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, South, Arabic.
Armenian, Western
[hyw] Budapest; Pest county. Users: 440 in Hungary (2011 census). Ethnic population: 3,290 (2011 census). Status: 5* (Developing). Classification: Indo-European, Armenian.
Bulgarian
[bul] Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén and Budapest counties; Miskolc area. Users: 2,900 in Hungary (2011 census). Ethnic population: 3,560 (2011 census). Status: 5* (Dispersed). Classification: Indo-European, Balto-Slavic, Slavic, South, Eastern.
Chakavian
[ckm] Győr-Moson-Sopron and Vas counties. Users: 12,000 in Hungary (2021 K. Tyran). Status: 6b (Threatened). Alternate Names: Gradišćanskohrvatski jezik, Gradišćei Horvát Nyelv. Classification: Indo-European, Balto-Slavic, Slavic, South, Western.
Chinese
[zho] A macrolanguage. 5,820 in Hungary (2011 census). Non-indigenous.
Croatian
[hrv] Bács-Kiskun, Baranya, Pest, Somogy, and Zala counties. Users: 13,700 in Hungary (2011 census). Ethnic population: 23,600 (2011 census). Status: 4 (Educational). Recognized language (1993, Minorities Act No. LXXVII). Alternate Names: Hrvatski, Serbo-Croatian. Classification: Indo-European, Balto-Slavic, Slavic, South, Western.
English
[eng] Users: 1,957,800 in Hungary, all users. L1 users: 7,800 in Hungary (2020 Joshua Project), based on ethnicity. L2 users: 1,950,000 (European Commission 2012). Status: 4 (Educational). Alternate Names: Angol. Classification: Indo-European, Germanic, West, English.
French
[fra] Users: 114,000 in Hungary (Beck et al 2018), L2 users. Status: 5* (Dispersed). Classification: Indo-European, Italic, Romance, Italo-Western, Western, Gallo-Iberian, Gallo-Romance, Gallo-Rhaetian, Oïl, French.
German, Standard
[deu] Baranya, Békés, Somogy, Tolna, Vas, Veszprém, and Zala counties. Users: 1,795,200 in Hungary, all users. L1 users: 35,200 in Hungary (2020 Eurostat). L2 users: 1,760,000 (2018). Ethnic population: 132,000 (2011 census). Status: 4 (Educational). Recognized language (1993, Minorities Act No. LXXVII). Alternate Names: Deutsch, Német. Classification: Indo-European, Germanic, West, High German, German, Middle German, East Middle German.
Greek
[ell] Budapest and Fejér counties. Users: 1,870 in Hungary (2011 census). Ethnic population: 3,920 (2011 census). Status: 4 (Educational). Alternate Names: Görög. Classification: Indo-European, Greek, Attic.
Hungarian
[hun] Widespread. Users: 9,780,000 in Hungary (European Commission 2012). Total users in all countries: 12,560,490. Status: 1 (National). De facto national language. Autonym: Magyar. Classification: Uralic.
Hungarian Sign Language
[hsh] Scattered. Users: 10,000 in Hungary (2021 DBS/DOOR/SIL). Estimated deaf signers, assuming 0.1% of the total population. Other estimates: 9,000 (2021 EUD), 49,000 Deaf (2014 IMB). Total users in all countries: 11,200. Status: 5 (Developing). Recognized language (2011, Constitution, Article H(3)). Recognized language (2009, Act CXXV on Hungarian Sign Language and the use of Hungarian Sign Language). Alternate Names: Magyar Jelnyelv, Magyarországi jelnyelv. Classification: Sign language, Deaf community sign language.
Polish
[pol] Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén and Budapest counties. Users: 3,050 in Hungary (2011 census). Ethnic population: 5,730 (2011 census). Status: 5* (Dispersed). Alternate Names: Lengyel. Classification: Indo-European, Balto-Slavic, Slavic, West, Lechitic.
Romani, Carpathian
[rmc] Nógrád county: Hugyag; Csongrád-Csanád county: Szeged (Gurvári dialect). Users: Few speakers. Status: 5* (Developing). Alternate Names: Central Romani, Romanes, Romungro. Classification: Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Intermediate Divisions, Western, Romani, Northern.
Romani, Vlax
[rmy] Bács-Kiskun, Baranya, Békés, and Csongrád-Csanád counties. Users: 54,300 in Hungary (2011 census). Ethnic population: 309,000 (2011 census). Status: 4 (Educational). Alternate Names: Beás, Cigány, Roma. Classification: Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Intermediate Divisions, Western, Romani, Vlax.
Romanian
[ron] Bács-Kiskun, Békés, Budapest, and Csongrád-Csanád counties. Users: 13,900 in Hungary (2011 census). Ethnic population: 26,300 (2011 census). Status: 4 (Educational). Alternate Names: Daco-Romanian, Limba română, Româneşte, Rumanian. Classification: Indo-European, Italic, Romance, Eastern.
Russian
[rus] Users: 200,000 in Hungary (Arefyev 2012), all users. L1 users: 7,380 (2011 census). Ethnic population: 6,170 (2011 census). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Indo-European, Balto-Slavic, Slavic, East.
Rusyn
[rue] Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county: Komlóska and Mucsony; Budapest and Pest counties. Users: 1,000 in Hungary (2011 census). Ethnic population: 3,320 (2011 census). Status: 6b (Threatened). Alternate Names: Carpathian, Carpatho-Rusyn, Ruthenian. Classification: Indo-European, Balto-Slavic, Slavic, East.
Serbian
[srp] Budapest county; Bács-Kiskun, Baranya, and Csongrád-Csanád counties, urban enclaves. Users: 3,710 in Hungary (2011 census). Ethnic population: 7,210 (2011 census). Status: 4 (Educational). Recognized language (1993, Minorities Act No. LXXVII). Alternate Names: Serbo-Croatian. Classification: Indo-European, Balto-Slavic, Slavic, South, Western.
Slovak
[slk] Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén and Zala counties; near Slovak-Hungary border. Users: 9,890 in Hungary (2011 census). Ethnic population: 29,600 (2011 census). Status: 5* (Dispersed). Recognized language (1993, Minorities Act No. LXXVII). Alternate Names: Slovenčina, Slovenský Jazyk. Classification: Indo-European, Balto-Slavic, Slavic, West, Czech-Slovak.
Slovene
[slv] Zala county; near Slovenia border. Users: 1,720 in Hungary (2011 census). Ethnic population: 2,390 (2011 census). Status: 4 (Educational). Recognized language (1993, Minorities Act No. LXXVII). Alternate Names: Slovenščina, Slovenian. Classification: Indo-European, Balto-Slavic, Slavic, South, Western.
Ukrainian
[ukr] Budapest and Pest counties. Users: 3,380 in Hungary (2011 census). Ethnic population: 5,630 (2011 census). Status: 5* (Dispersed). Alternate Names: Ukrán. Classification: Indo-European, Balto-Slavic, Slavic, East.
Vietnamese
[vie] Users: 2,670 in Hungary (2011 census). Ethnic population: 3,020 (2011 census). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Austro-Asiatic, Mon-Khmer, Viet-Muong, Vietnamese.
Yiddish, Eastern
[ydd] Major cities. Users: Status: 5* (Dispersed). Classification: Indo-European, Germanic, West, High German, Yiddish.