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Name:
Altungarisch
Type:
Language
Alternate Name:
Old Hungarian
Code:
ohu
Code Standard:
ISO 639-3
Documentation:
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Families:
Uralic (Proto-Uralic, Langue Ouraliennes, Finno-Ugrian and Samoyed)
Parent Language:
Späturungarisch (q6i)
Child Language:
Mittelungarisch (q6d)
Brief Description:
The language of the Magyars who, under their leader Árpád, invaded and settled Hungary, c.895. It was also the language of the early Hungarian state which they founded. Until the 11th century AD it was written in a runic script (called the Rovás) which is related to that of the oldest Turkic writing. Most Old Hungarian texts in this script were destroyed when King István (Stephen) converted to Christianity in the early 11th century A.D., and the Roman alphabet was introduced. The earliest extant Hungarian documents in the Roman alphabet go back to the 13th cent. and are the oldest texts of a Uralic language. Late 9th century – 15th century
Linguist List Status: Extinct
Endangerment Status
Linguist List Status: Extinct
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