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Old Hungarian alphabet

Okay kiddo, let me tell you about the old Hungarian alphabet. Do you know what an alphabet is? It's a special set of letters that we use to write words and sentences. Just like how you learn the ABCs in English, Hungarian people had their own special set of letters they used a long time ago.

The old Hungarian alphabet had 44 letters! That's a lot more than the 26 letters we have in English. Each letter had a special shape that looked different from the others. Some looked like triangles while others looked like straight lines or half-circles.

These letters were used a long time ago, before people started using the alphabet we know today. They were first used in the 10th century by a group of people called the Magyars, who were the ancestors of the modern Hungarians.

Even though we don't use the old Hungarian alphabet anymore, it's still important to Hungarian people because it's a part of their history and culture. Some Hungarian people even learn how to read and write in the old alphabet as a way to keep their traditions alive.

So there you have it, the old Hungarian alphabet was a special set of 44 letters that Hungarian people used a long time ago to write words and sentences.