Chapter 10
Speech and language assessment of multilingual children in Hungary
For over 100 years, Hungary has consisted of predominantly Hungarian-speaking individuals with
98.9% claiming Hungarian as their native language in 2001. On the latest census in 2011, less than 7% of people living
in Hungary identified themselves as belonging to a minority ethnic group. However, in recent years, Hungary has
experienced an increase in immigrants whose home language is other than Hungarian. The educational system and
speech-language pathology practices have not caught up with the reality of having non-Hungarian-speaking immigrants
entering public schools. In this paper, we review the literature on the growing issue of how Hungarian society and its
educational system are grappling with accommodating immigrants whose home language may be other than Hungarian.
Article outline
- 1.Introduction
- 2.Languages other than Hungarian spoken by historically represented ethnic minorities in Hungary
- 2.1Roma
- 2.2German
- 2.3Slovak
- 2.4Croatian
- 3.Recent trends in immigration into Hungary and their impact on society
- 4.Overview of speech-language pathology in a Hungarian context
- 5.Implications of recent trends in immigrants on the Hungarian educational system and SLP services
- 6.Potential solutions and future directions
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