Langenesis

Uralic family

Hungarian

1526 CE – today Living

Hungarian (1526 CE – today) is a living Uralic language. Lineage: Proto-Uralic → Proto-Ugric → Old Hungarian → Hungarian.

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Speakers
14M (14,000,000)
ISO 639-3
hun
Glottocode
hung1274

Ugric branch — distantly related to Khanty and Mansi in western Siberia. Covers Middle Hungarian (1526–1772) and Modern Hungarian; earlier stages are tracked as Old Hungarian.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Uralicc. 4,000 BCE – 2,500 BCE
  2. Proto-Ugricc. 2,500 BCE – 1,000 BCE
  3. Old Hungarianc. 900 CE – 1526 CE
  4. Hungarian1526 CE – today

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