Countries
European Union, Hungary, Serbia, Vojvodina, Serbia
South Africa
National Language
Austria, Gambia, Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine
South Africa
Second Language
United States of America
Namibia, South Africa
Speaking Continents
Africa, Europe
Africa
Minority Language
Austria, Croatia, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Regulated By
known, Research Institute for Linguistics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (Magyar Tudományos Akadémia Nyelvtudományi Intézete)
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
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.
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
Similar To
Mansi and Khanty Languages
Dutch Language
Derived From
East and South Slavic Languages
Dutch Language
Alphabets in
Hungarian-alphabets.jpg#200
Afrikaans-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
köszönöm
Dankie
How Are You?
Hogy vagy?
Hoe gaan dit
Good Night
Jó Éjszakát
goeie nag
Good Evening
jó Estét
Goeienaand
Good Afternoon
Jó Napot Kívánok
Goeie middag
Good Morning
jó Reggelt
goeie more
Bye
viszlát
Not Available
I Love You
Szeretlek
Ek het jou lief
Excuse Me
elnézést
Verskoon my
Dialect 1
Csángó
Kaapse Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Bacău County, Rumania
Not Available
Dialect 2
Oberwart
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Where They Speak
Austria
Not Available
Dialect 3
Székely
Baster Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Székely Land
Namibia
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
magyar / magyar nyelv
Afrikaans
Alternative Names
Magyar
Cape Dutch
French Name
hongrois
afrikaans
German Name
Ungarisch
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
[ˈmɒɟɒr]
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
Ethnicity
Hungarians
Afrikaners
Origin
1192 AD
17th Century
Language Family
Uralic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Finno-Ugric
Germanic
Early Forms
Old Hungarian
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Standard Forms
Modern Hungarian
Standard Afrikaans
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
afrs
Glottocode
hung1274
afri1274
Linguasphere
ohu
52-ACB-ba
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
Analytic
Hungarian and Afrikaans 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 Hungarian and Afrikaans greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Hungarian and Afrikaans language. Hungarian word for "Hello" is szia or Afrikaans word for "Thank You" is Dankie. Find more of such common Hungarian Greetings and Afrikaans Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Hungarian vs Afrikaans Difficulty
The Hungarian vs Afrikaans difficulty level basically depends on the number of Hungarian Alphabets and Afrikaans 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 Hungarian and Afrikaans are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Hungarian and Afrikaans, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Hungarian is 44 weeks while to learn Afrikaans time required is 24 weeks.