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Hungarian vs Czech


Countries

Countries
Czech Republic, European Union   
European Union, Hungary, Serbia, Vojvodina, Serbia   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
5   
10

National Language
Czech Republic   
Austria, Gambia, Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
United States of America   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Africa, Europe   

Minority Language
Austria, Croatia, Germany, Slovakia   
Austria, Croatia, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine   

Regulated By
Institute of the Czech Language   
known, Research Institute for Linguistics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (Magyar Tudományos Akadémia Nyelvtudományi Intézete)   

Interesting Facts
  • The Czech language was known as Bohemian as early at 19th century.
  • In czech language, there are many words that do not contain vowels.
  
  • Hungarian language has only preserved most of its ancient elements.
  • 'Magyar' is the Hungarian name for the language, the 'Magyar' is also used as an English word to refer to Hungarian people.
  

Similar To
Polish, Slovak and Sorbian   
Mansi and Khanty Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
East and South Slavic Languages   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Czech-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Hungarian-alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
42   
22
40   
21

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
32   
21
14   
11

How Many Consonants
32   
22
25   
15

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
ahoj   
szia   

Thank You
děkuji   
köszönöm   

How Are You?
Jak se máš?   
Hogy vagy?   

Good Night
dobrou noc   
Jó Éjszakát   

Good Evening
dobrý večer   
jó Estét   

Good Afternoon
dobré odpoledne   
Jó Napot Kívánok   

Good Morning
dobré ráno   
jó Reggelt   

Please
prosím   
Kérlek   

Sorry
litovat   
bocsi   

Bye
sbohem   
viszlát   

I Love You
Miluji tě   
Szeretlek   

Excuse Me
promiňte   
elnézést   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Chod   
Csángó   

Where They Speak
Chodsko, Bohemia   
Bacău County, Rumania   

Dialect 2
Lach   
Oberwart   

Where They Speak
Czech Silesia, Hlucin, Northeast Moravia   
Austria   

Dialect 3
Moravian   
Székely   

Where They Speak
Czech Republic, Czech Silesia, Moravia, Slovakia   
Székely Land   

How Many People Speak
108,000.00   
27
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
13   
13
11   
11

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
11.00 million   
99+
13.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.15 %   
99+
0.19 %   
99+

Native Speakers
11.00 million   
99+
13.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
0.07 million   
38

Native Name
čeština / český jazyk   
magyar / magyar nyelv   

Alternative Names
Bohemian, Cestina   
Magyar   

French Name
tchèque   
hongrois   

German Name
Tschechisch   
Ungarisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ˈmɒɟɒr]   

Ethnicity
Czechs   
Hungarians   

History

Origin
9th Century   
1192 AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Uralic Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Finno-Ugric   

Branch
Western   
Ugric   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Czech, Old Czech   
Old Hungarian   

Standard Forms
Standard Czech   
Modern Hungarian   

Language Position
73   
99+
66   
99+

Signed Forms
Czech Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
cs   
hu   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ces   
hun   

ISO 639 2/B
cze   
hun   

ISO 639 3
ces   
hun   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
czec1258   
hung1274   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-da   
ohu   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Agglutinative, Synthetic   

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Czech and Hungarian Language History

Comparison of Czech vs Hungarian language history gives us differences between origin of Czech and Hungarian language. History of Czech language states that this language originated in 9th Century whereas history of Hungarian language states that this language originated in 1192 AD. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Czech and Hungarian Language History.

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Czech and Hungarian Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Czech and Hungarian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Czech and Hungarian language. Czech word for "Hello" is ahoj or Hungarian word for "Thank You" is köszönöm. Find more of such common Czech Greetings and Hungarian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Czech vs Hungarian Difficulty

The Czech vs Hungarian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Czech Alphabets and Hungarian Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Czech and Hungarian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Czech and Hungarian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Czech is 44 weeks while to learn Hungarian time required is 44 weeks.

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