Hungarian Alphabet

To learn Hungarian language, Alphabets are the main part of language learning. Here you learn Hungarian alphabet/Hungarian letter. If you are interested to learn Hungarian language, this place will help you to learn Hungarian alphabet/character in Hungarian and their pronunciation in English. Language is a communication tool in which knowledge, emotions and feeling convey to others. To learn Hungarian language, first we learn Hungarian alphabets and then learn Hungarian alphabets with words and images and their pronunciation in English. Common vocabulary is one of the important sections. Common Vocabulary contains common words that we can used in daily life conversations.

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Hungarian alphabet is a Latin alphabet / Roman script / English letter with extra letters. Hungarian language speaks in Hungary over 13 million speakers to communicates their language around the world. Hungarian language is a Uralian language family. Uralian language native speakers are Hungarian, Finnish and Estonian, Erzya, Moksha, Mari, Udmurt, Sami, and Komi, Scandinavia and Russian. Hungarian is the official language of Hungary and also other languages are Vojvodina and Slovakia, Ukraine, Romania, Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia and Austria, Australia, US, Canada and Israel. Hungarian alphabet is called as Magyar ábécé. Hungarian vowels are known as magánhangzók and Hungarian consonants are known as mássalhangzók. The Hungarian alphabet has 44 letters, 26 of the Latin alphabets and added some extra other letters of 14 vowels and 26 consonants and four loanwords. Now, the modern Hungarian alphabet are 40 letters (exclude loanwords). Hungarian alphabet has four foreign letters/loanwords, they are rarely used (q, w, x, y).

Hungarian Vowels

Hungarian vowels are known as magánhangzók. Hungarian letters have 14 vowels. Here we learn Hungarian vowels and their pronunciation in English. Hungarian alphabet has 14 vowels, they are divided into three categories

• back vowels (a, á, o, ó, u, ú) • front rounded vowels (ö, ő, ü, ű) • front unrounded vowels (e, é, i, í)

<Back vowels and front rounded vowels may not occur together in the same word> Hungarian alphabet further converted into two sounds called Vowels sounds.

• short vowels (7 letters) • long vowels (7 letters)

Hungarian Short Vowels

HUNGARIAN ALPHABETS
Short vowels

Capital Letter	Small Letter	Pronunciation
A	a	a
E	e	e
I	i	i
O	o	o
Ö	ö	ö
U	u	u
Ü	ü	ü

Hungarian Long Vowels

HUNGARIAN ALPHABETS
Long vowels

Capital Letter	Small Letter	Pronunciation
Á	á	aa
É	é	ee
Í	í	ii
Ó	ó	ó
Ő	ő	ő
Ú	ú	ú
Ű	ű	ű

Hungarian Consonants

Hungarian consonants are known as mássalhangzók. Here we learn Hungarian consonants and their pronunciation in English. Hungarian alphabet has 26 perfect consonants,

• 17 consonants • 9 digraphs

Hungarian Consonants

Capital Letter	Small Letter	Pronunciation
B	b	be
C	c	ce
D	d	de
F	f	ef
G	g	ge
H	h	ha
J	j	je
K	k	ka
L	l	el
M	m	em
N	n	en
P	p	pe
R	r	er
S	s	es
T	t	te
V	v	ve
Z	z	ze

Digraphs

Digraphs means ‘two letters make one sound’ which includes vowels or consonants.

HUNGARIAN ALPHABETS
Digraphs

Capital Letter	Small Letter	Pronunciation
Cs	cs	cse
Dz	dz	dze
Dzs	dzs	dzse
Gy	gy	gye
Ly	ly	ely
Ny	ny	eny
Sz	sz	esz
Ty	ty	tye
Zs	zs	zse

All Hungarian Alphabets

HUNGARIAN ALPHABETS

Capital	Small	Pronunciation
A	a	a
Á	á	aa
B	b	be
C	c	ce
Cs	cs	cse
D	d	de
Dz	dz	dze
Dzs	dzs	dzse
E	e	e
É	é	ee
F	f	ef
G	g	ge
Gy	gy	gye
H	h	há
I	i	i
Í	í	ii
J	j	je
K	k	ka
L	l	el
Ly	ly	ely
M	m	em
N	n	en
Ny	ny	eny
O	o	o
Ó	ó	ó
Ö	ö	ö
Ő	ő	ő
P	p	pe
R	r	er
S	s	es
Sz	sz	esz
T	t	te
Ty	ty	tye
U	u	u
Ú	ú	ú
Ü	ü	ü
Ű	ű	ű
V	v	ve
Z	z	ze
Zs	zs	zse

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Top 1000 Hungarian words

Here you learn top 1000 Hungarian words, that is separated into sections to learn easily (Simple words, Easy words, Medium words, Hard Words, Advanced Words). These words are very important in daily life conversations, basic level words are very helpful for beginners. All words have Hungarian meanings with transliteration.

Eat	eszik
All	minden
New	új
Snore	horkolás
Fast	gyors
Help	Segítség
Pain	fájdalom
Rain	eső
Pride	büszkeség
Sense	érzék
Large	nagy
Skill	készség
Panic	pánik
Thank	köszönet
Desire	vágy
Woman	nő
Hungry	éhes

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Daily use Hungarian Sentences

Here you learn top Hungarian sentences, these sentences are very important in daily life conversations, and basic-level sentences are very helpful for beginners. All sentences have Hungarian meanings with transliteration.

Good morning	Jó reggelt kívánok
What is your name	Mi a neved
What is your problem	mi a problémád?
I hate you	utállak
I love you	Szeretlek
Can I help you	segíthetek?
I am sorry	sajnálom
I want to sleep	aludni akarok
This is very important	Ez nagyon fontos
Are you hungry	Éhes vagy?
How is your life	milyen az életed?
I am going to study	tanulni fogok