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Hungarian and Xhosa


Xhosa and Hungarian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Hungary, Serbia, Vojvodina, Serbia  
South Africa  

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
1  
14

National Language
Austria, Gambia, Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine  
South Africa  

Second Language
United States of America  
Lesotho, South Africa  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Europe  
Africa  

Minority Language
Austria, Croatia, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine  
Botswana, Lesotho  

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

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
  • The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.
  

Similar To
Mansi and Khanty Languages  
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele  

Derived From
East and South Slavic Languages  
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
40  
21
53  
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
14  
11
10  
7

How Many Consonants
25  
15
43  
32

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
szia  
Molo  

Thank You
köszönöm  
Ndiyabulela  

How Are You?
Hogy vagy?  
Unjani  

Good Night
Jó Éjszakát  
Ulale kakuhle  

Good Evening
jó Estét  
Ubusuku obuhle  

Good Afternoon
Jó Napot Kívánok  
Uben' emva kwemini entle  

Good Morning
jó Reggelt  
Molo  

Please
Kérlek  
Ndicela  

Sorry
bocsi  
Ndicela uxolo  

Bye
viszlát  
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle  

I Love You
Szeretlek  
Ndiyakuthanda  

Excuse Me
elnézést  
Uxolo  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Csángó  
Gcaleka  

Where They Speak
Bacău County, Rumania  
South Africa  

Dialect 2
Oberwart  
Thembu  

Where They Speak
Austria  
South Africa  

Dialect 3
Székely  
Hlubi  

Where They Speak
Székely Land  
South Africa  

Total No. Of Dialects
11  
11
9  
9

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.19 %  
99+
0.11 %  
99+

Native Speakers
13.00 million  
99+
8.20 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
0.07 million  
38
11.00 million  
21

Native Name
magyar / magyar nyelv  
isiXhosa  

Alternative Names
Magyar  
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa  

French Name
hongrois  
xhosa  

German Name
Ungarisch  
Xhosa-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[ˈmɒɟɒr]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Hungarians  
amaXhosa, amaBhaca  

History

Origin
1192 AD  
16th Century  

Language Family
Uralic Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Finno-Ugric  
Benue-Congo  

Branch
Ugric  
Bantu  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Hungarian  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Modern Hungarian  
isiXhosa  

Language Position
66  
99+
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Signed Xhosa  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
hu  
xh  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hun  
xho  

ISO 639 2/B
hun  
xho  

ISO 639 3
hun  
xho  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
hung1274  
xhos1239  

Linguasphere
ohu  
99-AUT-fa  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic  
Not Available  

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All Hungarian and Xhosa 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 Hungarian and Xhosa dialects. Various dialects of Hungarian and Xhosa language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Hungarian are spoken in different Hungarian Speaking Countries whereas Xhosa Dialects are spoken in different Xhosa speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Hungarian vs Xhosa Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Hungarian dialects include: Csángó, Oberwart. Xhosa dialects include: Gcaleka , Thembu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Hungarian and Xhosa Speaking population

Hungarian and Xhosa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Hungarian and Xhosa languages can be compared. The total count of Hungarian and Xhosa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Hungarian language is 0.19 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Xhosa language is 0.11 %. 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 Hungarian and Xhosa on Hungarian vs Xhosa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Hungarian and Xhosa Language Codes

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

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