Codes and Frequencies
An 'X' indicates the category is available for that sample
| Code | Label |
hungar
1990
|
|---|---|---|
| 00 | NIU (not in universe) | X |
| 01 | Hungarian | X |
| 02 | Slovak | X |
| 03 | Romanian | X |
| 04 | Croat | X |
| 05 | Serb | X |
| 06 | Sloven | X |
| 07 | German | X |
| 08 | Gipsy (Romany) | X |
| 09 | Bunyevác, Sokác | X |
| 10 | Hindi | X |
| 11 | Other Egyéb New Indian languages (excluding Gipsy) | X |
| 12 | New Persian (Dari) | X |
| 13 | Afghan (Pashtoo) | X |
| 14 | Other New Iranian languages (e.g., Tádzsik, Kurd, etc.) | X |
| 15 | Armenian | X |
| 16 | Greek, New Greek | X |
| 17 | Italian | X |
| 18 | French (Normand, Picard, Vallon, Canadian French, etc.) | X |
| 19 | Spanish | X |
| 20 | Portuguese | X |
| 21 | Other New Latin languages (excluding Romanian) | X |
| 22 | Celtic languages (e.g., Irish, Skotch, Welsh) | X |
| 23 | Norwegian | X |
| 24 | Danish | X |
| Code | Label |
hungar
1990
|
| 25 | Swedish | X |
| 26 | English (British, American, Australian, etc.) | X |
| 27 | Dutch, Flemish | X |
| 28 | Other German languages, excluding German itself | X |
| 29 | Lettonian | X |
| 30 | Lithuanian | X |
| 31 | Bulgarian | X |
| 32 | Macedonian | X |
| 33 | Czech | X |
| 34 | Polish | X |
| 35 | Russian | X |
| 36 | Ukrainian (Ruthenian) | X |
| 37 | Other Slavic languages (excluding Slovak, Serb, Croat) | X |
| 38 | Modern Hebrew (Ivrit) | X |
| 39 | Arab, Northern Arab (e.g., Iraki, Syrian, Lebanonian, etc.) | X |
| 40 | Ethiopean languages (Tigrinya, Amhara) | X |
| 41 | Georgian | X |
| 42 | Telugu, Tulu, Kui-Gondi, Kolamipardji languages | X |
| 43 | Finnish | X |
| 44 | Samoyedic languages | X |
| 45 | Osmanli-Turk | X |
| 46 | Other Turkish languages | X |
| 47 | Mongol (New Mongol) | X |
| 48 | Tungusian languages | X |
| 49 | Korean | X |
| Code | Label |
hungar
1990
|
| 50 | Japanese | X |
| 51 | Chinese (Han) | X |
| 52 | Vietnamuong languages | X |
| 53 | Other Bantoo languages | X |
| 54 | Esperanto, Ido, Esperantido | X |
| 55 | Latin | X |
| 56 | Other dead languages | X |
Can't find the category you are looking for? Try the Detailed codes
Explore how IPUMS created this variable
Most IPUMS data transformations are performed using variable harmonization tables that specify how each value in the source data is recoded. Some variables also require programming logic in addition to the harmonization table. The harmonization documents for this variable are:
- Harmonization table
- No supplemental programming
- Instructions for interpreting harmonization documents
Description
LANGHU1 indicates language spoken in addition to mother tongue in Hungary. The mother tongue was the language learned in childhood and spoken in the home. The language was one which the person could understand and make oneself understood by others. If the person knew more than one, they were to report the one used most often.
Comparability — General
There are no comparability issues. Information on mother tongue is available in MTONGHU.
Universe
- Persons who speak a language other than their mother tongue
Availability
- Hungary: 1990
Questionnaire Text
| Hungary 1990 |
11. Mother tongue:
[] 02 Slovakian
[] 03 Romanian
[] 04 Croatian
[] 05 Serbian
[] 06 Slovenian
[] 07 German
[] 08 Gipsy
[] Other, specify it: ____
12. Do you speak any other language besides your mother tongue?
[] Yes, specify: ____
Mother tongue is the living language which one learns in one's childhood (as one's first language) and in which the person generally speaks with the members of his/her family and which one, free of all influences and true reality, declares to be his/her mother tongue. The mother tongue of the dumb and the infants unable to speak is the language in which their next of kin regularly speak.
12. Language spoken besides mother tongue
The living language besides mother tongue is the one in which the person is capable to understand and to make him/her understood by others. In case the person speaks several languages other than the mother tongue the one mostly used will be marked.