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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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