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Language Stats: compare key data on Hungary & Slovakia

Definitions

STAT
Hungary
Slovakia
English > Conversational English prevalence 20%
Ranked 25th.
26%
Ranked 22nd. 30% more than Hungary
French > Conversational French prevalence 3%
Ranked 21st. 50% more than Slovakia
2%
Ranked 23th.
German > Conversational German prevalence 18%
Ranked 9th.
22%
Ranked 6th. 22% more than Hungary
Italian > Conversational Italian prevalence 1%
Ranked 17th. The same as Slovakia
1%
Ranked 16th.
Languages Hungarian 93.6%, other or unspecified 6.4% Slovak (official) 83.9%, Hungarian 10.7%, Roma 1.8%, Ukrainian 1%, other or unspecified 2.6%
Linguistic diversity index 0.158
Ranked 147th.
0.307
Ranked 123th. 94% more than Hungary
Major language(s) Hungarian Slovak
Polish > Conversational Polish prevalence 0.0
Ranked 19th.
5%
Ranked 2nd.
Romani > Romani speaking Roma population > 2000 260,000
Ranked 7th.
300,000
Ranked 5th. 15% more than Hungary
Romani > Romani speaking Roma population > 2000 per 1000 25.46
Ranked 4th.
55.67
Ranked 1st. 2 times more than Hungary
Romani > Romani speaking Roma population from total Roma population > 2000 50%
Ranked 28th.
60%
Ranked 27th. 20% more than Hungary
Romani language > Gypsy > Speakers 260,000
Ranked 6th.
300,000
Ranked 4th. 15% more than Hungary
Romani language > Gypsy > Speakers per 1000 25.46
Ranked 5th.
55.67
Ranked 2nd. 2 times more than Hungary
Russian > Conversational Russian prevalence 3%
Ranked 12th.
17%
Ranked 6th. 6 times more than Hungary
Spanish > Conversational Spanish prevalence 1%
Ranked 23th. The same as Slovakia
1%
Ranked 19th.
Romani > Gypsy language > % of Romani who speak Romani 50%
Ranked 27th.
60%
Ranked 26th. 20% more than Hungary

SOURCES: SPECIAL EUROBAROMETER 386 “Europeans and their Languages”, p. 21.
; SPECIAL EUROBAROMETER 386 “Europeans and their Languages”, p. 21.; CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011; Wikipedia: Linguistic diversity index (Rankings by country) (UNESCO World Report – Investing in Cultural Diversity and Intercultural Dialogue); British Broadcasting Corporation 2014; Wikipedia: Romani language; Wikipedia: Romani language. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; Dieter W. Halwachs: Rombase, Speakers and Numbers pp1.; Dieter W. Halwachs: Rombase, Speakers and Numbers pp1. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.

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