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Hungarian vs German


Countries

Countries
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland  
European Union, Hungary, Serbia, Vojvodina, Serbia  

Total No. Of Countries
7  
8
5  
10

National Language
Germany  
Austria, Gambia, Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine  

Second Language
North Dakota, United States of America  
United States of America  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Africa, Europe  

Minority Language
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia  
Austria, Croatia, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine  

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

Interesting Facts
  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  
  • 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
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages  
Mansi and Khanty Languages  

Derived From
Albanian Languages  
East and South Slavic Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
40  
21

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
14  
11

How Many Consonants
9  
1
25  
15

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
9
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
hallo  
szia  

Thank You
Danke  
köszönöm  

How Are You?
Wie geht es dir?  
Hogy vagy?  

Good Night
gute Nacht  
Jó Éjszakát  

Good Evening
guten Abend  
jó Estét  

Good Afternoon
guten Tag  
Jó Napot Kívánok  

Good Morning
guten Morgen  
jó Reggelt  

Please
bitte  
Kérlek  

Sorry
Verzeihung  
bocsi  

Bye
Tschüs  
viszlát  

I Love You
Ich liebe dich  
Szeretlek  

Excuse Me
Entschuldigung  
elnézést  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Swiss German  
Csángó  

Where They Speak
Switzerland  
Bacău County, Rumania  

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00  
18
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Swabian German  
Oberwart  

Where They Speak
Germany  
Austria  

How Many People Speak
820,000.00  
26
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Texas German  
Székely  

Where They Speak
Texas  
Székely Land  

How Many People Speak
6,000.00  
35
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
28  
23
11  
11

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
229.00 million  
8
13.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
1.39 %  
12
0.19 %  
99+

Native Speakers
101.00 million  
10
13.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
128.00 million  
5
0.07 million  
38

Native Name
Deutsch  
magyar / magyar nyelv  

Alternative Names
Deutsch, Tedesco  
Magyar  

French Name
allemand  
hongrois  

German Name
Deutsch  
Ungarisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]  
[ˈmɒɟɒr]  

Ethnicity
Germans  
Hungarians  

History

Origin
6th Century AD  
1192 AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Uralic Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
Finno-Ugric  

Branch
Western  
Ugric  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Hungarian  

Standard Forms
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German  
Modern Hungarian  

Language Position
9  
9
66  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed German  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
de  
hu  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
deu  
hun  

ISO 639 2/B
ger  
hun  

ISO 639 3
deu  
hun  

ISO 639 6
deus  
Not Available  

Glottocode
high1287, uppe1397  
hung1274  

Linguasphere
52-ACB–dl & -dm  
ohu  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Agglutinative, Synthetic  

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German and Hungarian Language History

Comparison of German vs Hungarian language history gives us differences between origin of German and Hungarian language. History of German language states that this language originated in 6th 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 German and Hungarian Language History.

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

German vs Hungarian Difficulty

The German vs Hungarian difficulty level basically depends on the number of German 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 German and Hungarian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in German and Hungarian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn German is 30 weeks while to learn Hungarian time required is 44 weeks.

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