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name: locale-hu-hu
description: 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.
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# Locale: Hungarian (Hungary) (hu-HU)

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; dates `2026. 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