The article offers an analysis of the (1) typology of bilingualism based on the level of self assessed proficiency of the two languages (2) the language choice patterns, (3) the minority representations of the social norms referring to the use of the Romanian language, among the ethnic Hungarian, Romania's 1,6 million large minority population, characterized by a relative large degree of Hungarian – Romanian bilingualism. The analysis is based on the data offered by a survey taken in the fall of 2004 on a representative sample for the Hungarian population of Transylvania. As a synthesis the author offers an estimation of the trends toward language shift, comparing the particularities of different sub regions of Transylvania. Author's e-mail: E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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