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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