Editing Old Hungarian script (section)

=== Controversies ===
Not all scholars agree with the "Old Hungarian" notion, mainly based on the actual literary facts. The linguist and sociolinguist [[:hu:Sándor Klára|Klára Sándor]] said in an interview that most of the "romantic" statements about the script appear to be false.{{cn|reason=quotations *require* a citation|date=October 2024}} According to her analysis, the origin of the writing is probably [[wikt:runiform|runiform]] (and with high probability its origins are in the [[Old Turkic script|western Turkic runiform writings]]) and it's not a different writing system and contrary to the sentiment the writing is neither Hungarian nor Székely-Hungarian; it is a Székely writing since there are no authentic findings outside the historic Székely lands (mainly today's [[Transylvania]]); the only writing found around 1000 AD had a different writing system. While it may have been sporadically used in Hungary its usage was not widespread. The "revived" writing (in the 1990s) was artificially expanded with (various) "new" letters which were unneeded in the past since the writing was cleanly phonetic, or the long vowels which were not present back in the time. The shape of many letters were substantially changed from the original.
She stated that no works since 1915 have reached the expected quality of the state of the linguistic sciences, and many were influenced by various agendas.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://vaskarika.hu/hirek/reszletek/4849/mit_kezdjunk_a_rovasirassal/ | title=Mit kezdjünk a rovásírással? | language=hu | trans-title=What shall we do with rovas? | publisher=vaskarika.hu | date=2019-09-12 | access-date=2020-11-10 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://m.nyest.hu/renhirek/sandor-klara-a-szekely-irasrol | title=Ősmagyar örökség? Humanista hamisítvány? | trans-title=Ancient Hungarian Heritage? Humanist Hoax? | language=hu | date=2010-10-25 | access-date=2020-11-10 | publisher=Nyest.hu | author=László Fejes }}</ref>

The use of the script often has a political undertone as it is often used along with [[Hungarian irredentism|irredentist]] or [[Nationalism|nationalist]] propaganda, and they can be found from time to time in graffiti with a variety of content.<ref name="Max"/> Since most of the people cannot read the script it has led to various controversies, for example when the activists of the [[Hungarian Two-tailed Dog Party]] (opposition) exchanged the rovas sign of the city [[Érd]] to ''szia'' 'Hi!', which stayed unnoticed for a month.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://444.hu/2017/04/24/egy-honapig-senkinek-se-tunt-fel-hogy-lecsereltek-erd-rovasirasos-tablajat | title=Egy hónapig senkinek se tűnt fel, hogy lecserélték Érd rovásírásos tábláját | trans-title=Nobody have noticed for a month that the rovas sign of Érd was replaced | date=2017-04-24 | publisher=444.hu | access-date=2020-11-10 | language=hu }}</ref>