Petőcz Kálmán (szerk.): National Populism and Slovak - Hungarian Relations in Slovakia 2006-2009 (Somorja, 2009)
Zsuzsanna Mészáros-Lampl: Magyars and Slovaks in Southern Slovakia - Exercising Language Rights
Magyars and Slovaks in Southern Slovakia... Graph 5 Share of ethnic Hungarians using Slovak language 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 ExTRA-FAMily or Public Communication TodAy Let us now say a few words about languages used by Slovaks and ethnic Hungarians from southern Slovakia as the principal language of extra-family communication, i.e. at workplace, in official contact, in shops and in communication with their neighbours. The shares of Slovaks and ethnic Hungarians who communicate in Slovak and Hungarian, respectively, are illustrated in Graphs 6 and 7. These data indicate that Slovaks living in southern Slovakia encounter no problems when speaking Slovak as a vast majority of Slovaks use their native language in extra-family communication. On the other hand, ethnic Hungarians encounter no problems when speaking Hungarian either as most ethnic Hungarians use their mother tongue, although to a lesser extent than Slovaks. Homogeneous marriage + Slovak primary Homogeneous marriage + Hungarian primary school school 173
