Hungarian ("magyar nyelv") is the official language of Hungary and one of the 24 official languages of the European Union. Outside Hungary it is also spoken by communities of Hungarian people in neighbouring countries (especially in Romania, Slovakia, Serbia and Croatia), and by Hungarian diaspora communities worldwide. Like Finnish and Estonian, it belongs to the Uralic language family, its closest relatives being Mansi and Khanty. It is the most widely-spoken of the several European languages not part of the Indo-European family. 

The Hungarian name for the language is "magyar nyelv" (). The word is used as an English and Hungarian word to refer to Hungarian people as an ethnic group. 

Hungarian is a member of the Uralic language family. Linguistic connections between Hungarian and other Uralic languages were noticed in the 1670s, and the family itself (then called Finno-Ugric) was established in 1717, but the classification of Hungarian as a Uralic/Finno-Ugric rather than Turkic language continued to be a matter of impassioned political controversy throughout the 18th and into the 19th centuries. Hungarian has traditionally been assigned to an Ugric branch within Uralic/Finno-Ugric, along with the Mansi and Khanty languages of western Siberia (Khanty–Mansia region), but it is no longer clear that it is a valid group. When the Samoyed languages were determined to be part of the family, it was thought at first that Finnic and Ugric (Finno-Ugric) were closer to each other than to the Samoyed branch of the family, but that now is frequently questioned.
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Uralic
Uralic
the 1670s
 the 1670s
1717
 1717
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the classification of Hungarian as a Uralic/Finno-Ugric rather than Turkic language continued to be a matter of impassioned political controversy throughout the 18th and into the 19th centuries
yes
 throughout the 18th and into the 19th centuries
throughout the 18th and into the 19th centuries
 throughout the 18th and into the 19th centuries
Turkic
 Turkic 
Hungary
 Hungary
yes
Outside Hungary it is also spoken by communities of Hungarian people in neighbouring countries 
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of Hungarian people in neighbouring countries
neighbouring countries
neighbouring countries
Romania, Slovakia
Romania, Slovakia
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 Romania, Slovakia, Serbia and Croatia
Serbia and Croatia
 Serbia and Croatia
Hungarian diaspora communities
Hungarian diaspora communities
worldwide
 worldwide
magyar nyelv"
magyar nyelv"
to refer to Hungarian people as an ethnic group
 to refer to Hungarian people as an ethnic group
Mansi and Khanty
Mansi and Khanty
24
 24