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

Zuzana Mészárosová-Lamplová

Such opinions of a vast majority of Slovaks living in southern Slovakia do not testify to discrimination against Slovak language. Slovaks do not even feel pressured to learn Hungarian as communication in Slovak on this territory is everyday practice no one tries to contest. It is a normal practice nowadays that if there is but one Slovak in a group of ethnic Hungarians, the majority automatically switch to speaking Slovak.2

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Graph 10 illustrates the share of respondents who have encountered discrimination due to different reasons in their lives.

Graph 10

Slovaks and ethnic Hungarians who feel discriminated against

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