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Countries

Countries
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe  
European Union, Hungary, Serbia, Vojvodina, Serbia  

Total No. Of Countries
33  
2
5  
10

National Language
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America  
Austria, Gambia, Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine  

Second Language
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore  
United States of America  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America  
Africa, Europe  

Minority Language
South Africa  
Austria, Croatia, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine  

Regulated By
Not Available  
known, Research Institute for Linguistics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (Magyar Tudományos Akadémia Nyelvtudományi Intézete)  

Interesting Facts
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  
  • 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
Not Available  
Mansi and Khanty Languages  

Derived From
Latin  
East and South Slavic Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
40  
21

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
14  
11

How Many Consonants
21  
11
25  
15

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
7  
6
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks  
3
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Hello  
szia  

Thank You
Thank you  
köszönöm  

How Are You?
How are you?  
Hogy vagy?  

Good Night
Good Night  
Jó Éjszakát  

Good Evening
Good Evening  
jó Estét  

Good Afternoon
Good Afternoon  
Jó Napot Kívánok  

Good Morning
Good Morning  
jó Reggelt  

Please
Please  
Kérlek  

Sorry
Sorry  
bocsi  

Bye
Bye  
viszlát  

I Love You
I love you  
Szeretlek  

Excuse Me
Excuse Me  
elnézést  

Dialects

Dialect 1
American English  
Csángó  

Where They Speak
United States of America  
Bacău County, Rumania  

How Many People Speak
225,000,000.00  
3
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Hiberno-English  
Oberwart  

Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom  
Austria  

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00  
15
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Welsh English  
Székely  

Where They Speak
United Kingdom  
Székely Land  

How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00  
14
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
188  
34
11  
11

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,200.00 million  
1
13.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
5.43 %  
4
0.19 %  
99+

Native Speakers
400.00 million  
3
13.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
400.00 million  
1
0.07 million  
38

Native Name
English  
magyar / magyar nyelv  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
Magyar  

French Name
anglais  
hongrois  

German Name
Englisch  
Ungarisch  

Pronunciation
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/  
[ˈmɒɟɒr]  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Hungarians  

History

Origin
5th Century AD  
1192 AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Uralic Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Finno-Ugric  

Branch
Not Available  
Ugric  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English  
Old Hungarian  

Standard Forms
Standard English  
Modern Hungarian  

Language Position
3  
3
66  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed English  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
en  
hu  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
eng  
hun  

ISO 639 2/B
eng  
hun  

ISO 639 3
eng  
hun  

ISO 639 6
engs  
Not Available  

Glottocode
stan1293  
hung1274  

Linguasphere
52-ABA  
ohu  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic  
Agglutinative, Synthetic  

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English and Hungarian Language History

Comparison of English vs Hungarian language history gives us differences between origin of English and Hungarian language. History of English language states that this language originated in 5th Century AD 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 English and Hungarian Language History.

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English 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 English and Hungarian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in English and Hungarian language. English word for "Hello" is Hello or Hungarian word for "Thank You" is köszönöm. Find more of such common English Greetings and Hungarian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

English vs Hungarian Difficulty

The English vs Hungarian difficulty level basically depends on the number of English 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 English and Hungarian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in English and Hungarian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn English is 6 weeks while to learn Hungarian time required is 44 weeks.

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