Hungarian has about 14.5 million speakers worldwide
more than any other Uralic language
including 400,000–500,000 in North America. The earliest known text in Hungarian dates from the late 12th century; a continuous literary tradition begins in the 15th century. Contact with Turkic , Iranian , and {{link=Slavic languages">Slavic languages, and, more recently, High German dialects and Latin, has given Hungarian many loanwords.