Hungarian scripts

There are three Hungarian scripts, which can be used for representing the Hungarian language. These are the followings:
Hungarian Latin-based script
* Its first relic is from the 11th century.
* It belongs to the family of the Latin-based scripts.
* Periods of use:
** Old Hungarian script (Old Hungarian orthography)
*** Used from the 11th century to 1832
** Hungarian orthography
*** Used from 1832 to present-day
Szekely-Hungarian Rovas script
* Its first relic is from around 900.
* It belongs to the family of the Rovas scripts.
* Period of use
** Used continously from the 8th or 9th century.
** Popular contemporary writing as alternative for latin based script
Carpathian Basin Rovas script
* Its first relic is from the last third of the 8th century.
* It belongs to the family of the Rovas scripts.
* Periods of use:
** Original use between the 8th century and the 11th century
** Revitalized in 2009
 
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