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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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