Torsello, Davide - Pappová, Melinda: Social Networks in Movement. Time, interaction and interethnic spaces in Central Eastern Europe - Nostra Tempora 8. (Somorja-Dunaszerdahely, 2003)

Interethnic spaces

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ing into a big Hungarian-speaking family, it is the family who adjusts itself to the bride with regard to the language used in the family. This means that knowledge of the Hungarian language has ceased to be a requirement, even though basic communication skills in Hungarian are commonly expected. At the same time, children’s and grandchildren’s language use and in particular the choice of language for their education is much more determined by the presence of the "married-in stranger” than it used to be.

“Empty houses”

If someone walks through the village today, he sees a flourishing, industrious and developing village. The municipal office does everything for providing the community with all the necessary services, such as gas, water and sewer. The inhabitants create new “streets” with their newly build or reconstructed houses. The outside observer does not normally notice that, in spite of this, only 278 from the overall 330 habitable houses are occupied (84%) (see Graph 4).

Graph 4: Proportion of building plots, houses and inhabited houses

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