[2] Around two thirds of them (8,249) live in Osijek-Baranja County in eastern Croatia, especially in the Croatian part of the Baranya region which borders Hungary to the north.

[3] Hungary and Croatia have a long history dating back to the dynastic crises that followed the death of king Dmitar Zvonimir in 1089.

His widow Helen II supported her brother Ladislaus I of Hungary in his claim for the kingdom of Croatia amidst the political turmoil.

Two years later, Ladislaus managed to seize power and proclaim his sovereignty over the Croatian kingdom,[4] however, he and his armies were still unable to gain full control by the time of his death in 1095.

[7] As of 2009[update], Hungarian is officially used in two municipalities and four other settlements in Croatia, according to the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages.