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How could have Hungary appeased its minorities after the Ausgleich and before WW1 , so the Slovaks, Romanians and Serbs would have preferred to stay in the Kingdom?
For me as a Slovak, the following conditions would seem reasonable and persuade me to stay in Hungary to Czechoslovakia, although I am not sure if they would be accpetable to the Hungarian political representation:
Minority languages become official in districts where linguistic minority forms at least 20% of population. In districts where Hungarians form less than 20% of the population, At least one official must be competent in speaking Hungarian.
First (maternal) language becomes language of instruction in areas where at least 20% of the children speak it. For non-Hungarians, Hungarian will be the second language,Hungarians to learn one of the other languages spoken in the kingdom
Secondary education: schools or classes with minority, Hungarian and billingual education.
Government recognition of cultural institutions such as Matica Slovenská
Fixed number of parliamentary seats for each of the counties of Hungary, which would ultimately guarantee at least some Slovak representation in Hungarian parliament
any official doctine of a unitary Hungarian nation, speaking several languages, the Lowland Hunagarian (Magyar) and the Highland Hungarian (Slovak) would be okay.
Do you think this would be acceptable to 19th century Hungarain politicians