Did the kings of Hungary speak Hungarian?
Contributions on the status of Hungarian in royal courts
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.18349/MagyarNyelv.2019.1.36Keywords:
language acquisition, languages learning, mastery of a language, language teacher, language skillsAbstract
Due to well-known historical reasons, quite a few monarchs of Hungary were of foreign origin and their first language was not Hungarian. Hence, the simple issue (that is nevertheless significant for the culture and national self respect of Hungarians) of whether the kings and queens of Hungary spoke Hungarian is surrounded by uncertainty and a number of conjectures. The author’s aim is to collect the available pieces of information, to supplement them by some new pieces, and to inspire further studies of the issue. Relying on her experience and knowledge as a language teacher, she presents a coherent picture of the mastery or otherwise of Hungarian of kings who ruled the country for a substantial amount of time (and their spouses), filling in gaps in the relevant chapters of historical biographies in a number of cases.
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