Dresden speaks … Hungarian

The distance from Dresden to Hungary or Flensburg is 600 km. So we can choose between paprika and fish sandwiches.

Language

Hungarian has its origins in the descendants of Eurasian steppe nomads who migrated to Central Europe in the early Middle Ages. The Urungarian language originated around 3000 years ago. Hungarian is widespread in south-central Europe and is spoken by over 13 million people. Almost a thousand people who speak Hungarian live in Dresden.

Almost all European languages belong to the large Indo-European language family – Hungarian does not. It is the exception, together with Finnish and Estonian, Basque, Maltese and Turkish.

Similar to German, Hungarian also has a system for expressing politeness in order to show respect to the person being addressed.

Script

The Old Hungarian script was used in the early Middle Ages. This was followed by the Latin script and the Cyrillic alphabet, which was used in eastern Hungary. In the 13th century, the Latin script once again became the dominant script in Hungary. Later, in the 16th century, under the rule of the Ottoman Empire, the influence of the Arabic script was added. From the 16th century onwards, the Hungarian language was written using the Latin alphabet. This was extended by a few special characters to reflect the correct pronunciation. There are therefore 44 letters.


Dresden spricht …

Workshops, tours, writing and printing workshops under the motto “Dresden speaks many languages”

Period
03-12.2024

Porject coordination
Yvonn Spauschus (Projektleitung)
Yulia Vishnichenko · Moussa Mbarek · Nadine Wölk · Rosa Brockelt · Yuliya Firsova · Martin Mannig (workshop leader)
Rosa Brockelt · Rosa Hauch · Falk Goernert · Birthe Mühlhoff (moderation, documentation)
Adina Rieckmann · Lydia Hänsel (tourguides)
Inge · Mahsa · Karin (voluntary help)

Cooperation partners
JugendKunstschule Dresden – Standort Passage, Omse e.V., Nachbarschaftshilfeverein, Stadtteilverein Johannstadt e.V., Malteser Hilfsdienste e.V., Jugendhaus LILA as well as Chinesisch-Deutsches Zentrum e.V., Lebenshilfe Dresden e.V., GEH8 Kunstraum und Ateliers e.V., Umweltzentrum Dresden – ABC Tische and many more

Supported by

The project is funded by the State Ministry for Social Affairs and Social Cohesion. This measure is co-financed with tax funds on the basis of the budget passed by the Saxon state parliament within the framework of the state programme Integrative Maßnahmen.