Hungarian is the official language of Hungary, and it is a recognized language of the European Union, since Hungary is a member of the EU. Today, the Hungarian language boasts more than 15 million speakers. Most of these people live in or near Hungary, including to neighboring countries, such as Romania, Slovakia and more, though immigrants have brought the language over to many other countries across the world, such as Canada and the United States.
The Hungarian language spoken today is part of the Ugor branch of the family of languages called the Finno-Ugric language group. This could make Hungarian related to Finnish and Estonian. Some dispute this idea, however, citing communication troubles between Hungarians and people from Finland or Estonia. These scholars argue that Hungarian is, instead, more closely related to Khanty and Mansi, languages spoken near the Ural Mountains.
