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Hungarian and Greek


Countries

Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece   
European Union, Hungary, Serbia, Vojvodina, Serbia   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
5   
10

National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine   
Austria, Gambia, Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine   

Second Language
Roman Empire   
United States of America   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Africa, Europe   

Minority Language
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine   
Austria, Croatia, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine   

Regulated By
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)   
known, Research Institute for Linguistics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (Magyar Tudományos Akadémia Nyelvtudományi Intézete)   

Interesting Facts
  • Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
  • The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
  
  • 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
Armenian   
Mansi and Khanty Languages   

Derived From
Latin   
East and South Slavic Languages   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
24   
6
40   
21

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
14   
11

How Many Consonants
17   
7
25   
15

Scripts
Arabic, 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
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)   
szia   

Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)   
köszönöm   

How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)   
Hogy vagy?   

Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)   
Jó Éjszakát   

Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)   
jó Estét   

Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)   
Jó Napot Kívánok   

Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)   
jó Reggelt   

Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)   
Kérlek   

Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)   
bocsi   

Bye
αντίο (antío)   
viszlát   

I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)   
Szeretlek   

Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)   
elnézést   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek   
Csángó   

Where They Speak
Greece   
Bacău County, Rumania   

How Many People Speak
2,800.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Griko   
Oberwart   

Where They Speak
Italy   
Austria   

How Many People Speak
50,000.00   
38
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Mariupol   
Székely   

Where They Speak
Ukraine   
Székely Land   

Total No. Of Dialects
25   
21
11   
11

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.18 %   
99+
0.19 %   
99+

Native Speakers
13.00 million   
99+
13.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
0.07 million   
38

Native Name
ελληνικά   
magyar / magyar nyelv   

Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic   
Magyar   

French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)   
hongrois   

German Name
Neugriechisch   
Ungarisch   

Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]   
[ˈmɒɟɒr]   

Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes   
Hungarians   

History

Origin
1500 BC   
1192 AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Uralic Family   

Subgroup
Hellenic   
Finno-Ugric   

Branch
Not Available   
Ugric   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek   
Old Hungarian   

Standard Forms
Modern Greek   
Modern Hungarian   

Language Position
74   
99+
66   
99+

Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
el   
hu   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ell   
hun   

ISO 639 2/B
gre   
hun   

ISO 639 3
ell   
hun   

ISO 639 6
ells   
Not Available   

Glottocode
gree1276   
hung1274   

Linguasphere
56-AAA-a   
ohu   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Agglutinative, Synthetic   

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All Greek and Hungarian Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Greek and Hungarian dialects. Various dialects of Greek and Hungarian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Greek are spoken in different Greek Speaking Countries whereas Hungarian Dialects are spoken in different Hungarian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Greek vs Hungarian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Greek dialects include: Cappadocian Greek, Griko. Hungarian dialects include: Csángó , Oberwart. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Greek and Hungarian Speaking population

Greek and Hungarian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Greek and Hungarian languages can be compared. The total count of Greek and Hungarian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Hungarian language is 0.19 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Greek and Hungarian on Greek vs Hungarian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Greek and Hungarian Language Codes

Greek and Hungarian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Greek and Hungarian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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