Locale Hu Hu
Use when working with the Hungarian (Hungary) locale (`hu-HU`) — its endonym Magyar (Magyarország), Latin script, left-to-right (LTR) direction, or spoken-population data. Reference data and translation guidance (register, grammar, idiom, typography) for this specific locale; see [[locale]] for general i18n/l10n concepts (BCP 47, plural rules, RTL) that apply across all locales.
Reference data for the Hungarian (Hungary) locale — endonym Magyar (Magyarország), written in the Latin script, left-to-right (LTR).
Identifiers
- BCP 47 tag:
hu-HU - ISO 639-1:
hu - ISO 639-3:
hun - Script: Latn (Latin)
- Region: HU (Hungary)
- Text direction: ltr — left-to-right (LTR)
Speakers (approximate)
- L1 (native): 9,300,000
- L2 (additional): 500,000
- L1+L2 (total): 9,800,000
Base locale
This is a regional variant of Locale Hu 001 (Hungarian), the base/macro locale for this language.
Pluralization
CLDR plural categories for this locale: one, other (2 forms).
- one —
n = 1(e.g. 1) - other — everything else (e.g. 0, 2~16, 100, 1000, …)
See Unicode Messageformat for writing plural messages using these categories.
Translating into this locale
Apply Locale Hu 001 with the conventions of Hungary.
- Formats: forint (
Ft) after the amount; dates2026. 10. 17.; 24-hour clock; decimal comma; family name before given name. - Terminology: use Hungarian EU terminology and the Hungarian Standards Institution's terms for legal and technical content.
- Tone: reserved and factual; superlatives and aggressive marketing are viewed with skepticism.
Common pitfalls
- Using English date and name order.
- Ignoring vowel harmony in brand names.
- The general pitfalls in Locale Hu 001 also apply.
Learn more
- Locale for BCP 47 identifiers, locale-sensitive formatting, pluralization, and text-direction concepts that apply across all locales.
- Unicode Messageformat for writing plural/selection messages correctly for this locale's grammar.
- EU Interinstitutional Style Guide (https://style-guide.europa.eu), language-specific conventions