The Hungarian Alphabet: 44 Letters, Unique Digraphs, and Diacritics

The Hungarian alphabet (magyar ábécé) comprises 44 letters—an expansion of the Latin script tailored to the language's phonology. It includes 14 vowels (7 short/long pairs) and 30 consonants, featuring 8 digraphs and 1 trigraph treated as single letters for collation.

Complete Alphabet (Lowercase → Uppercase)

a Á, b B, c C, cs Cs, d D, dz Dz, dzs DzS, e É, f F, g G, gy Gy, h H, i Í, j J, k K, l L, ly Ly, m M, n N, ny Ny, o Ó, ö Ö, ő Ő, p P, q Q, r R, s S, sz Sz, t T, ty Ty, u Ú, ü Ü, ű Ű, v V, w W, x X, y Y, z Z, zs Zs

Key Features

• Long vowels marked with acute accent: á, é, í, ó, ú
• Front rounded vowels with double acute: ő, ű (vs. umlaut ö, ü)
• Digraphs (two letters = one sound): cs, dz, gy, ly, ny, sz, ty, zs
• Trigraph: dzs (like j in "jungle")
• Q, W, X, Y appear only in loanwords
• Collation order treats each digraph/trigraph as a single unit (e.g., cs follows c)

Pronunciation Highlights

Practical Note

Hungarian keyboards follow QWERTZ layout with dedicated keys for accented vowels. Digraphs are typed as two keystrokes; software handles collation.