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Hungarian vs Albanian


Albanian vs Hungarian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Hungary, Serbia, Vojvodina, Serbia   
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe   

Total No. Of Countries
5   
10
2   
13

National Language
Austria, Gambia, Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine   
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe   

Second Language
United States of America   
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
Austria, Croatia, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine   
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania   

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

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.
  
  • Albanian Language has adopted words from Latin, Greek, Turkish, Italian and Slavic languages.
  • 74% Albanian people are atheist, they never go to church or mosque.
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Similar To
Mansi and Khanty Languages   
Romanian   

Derived From
East and South Slavic Languages   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
40   
21
36   
18

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
14   
11
7   
4

How Many Consonants
25   
15
29   
19

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
szia   
Përshëndetje   

Thank You
köszönöm   
Ju faleminderit   

How Are You?
Hogy vagy?   
Si jeni?   

Good Night
Jó Éjszakát   
natën e mirë   

Good Evening
jó Estét   
mirëmbrëma   

Good Afternoon
Jó Napot Kívánok   
mirëdita   

Good Morning
jó Reggelt   
mirëmengjes   

Please
Kérlek   
Ju lutem   

Sorry
bocsi   
Me fal   

Bye
viszlát   
mirupafshim   

I Love You
Szeretlek   
unë e dua ju   

Excuse Me
elnézést   
Më falni   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Csángó   
Gheg Albanian   

Where They Speak
Bacău County, Rumania   
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
3,400,000.00   
20

Dialect 2
Oberwart   
Tosk Albanian   

Where They Speak
Austria   
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,800,000.00   
20

Dialect 3
Székely   
Arbëresh   

Where They Speak
Székely Land   
Italy   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
100,000.00   
28

Total No. Of Dialects
11   
11
4   
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.19 %   
99+
Not Available   

Native Speakers
13.00 million   
99+
3.10 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
0.07 million   
38
3.60 million   
31

Native Name
magyar / magyar nyelv   
shqip / gjuha shqipe   

Alternative Names
Magyar   
Not Available   

French Name
hongrois   
albanais   

German Name
Ungarisch   
Albanisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈmɒɟɒr]   
[ʃcip]   

Ethnicity
Hungarians   
Albanians   

History

Origin
1192 AD   
1462 AD   

Language Family
Uralic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Finno-Ugric   
Not Available   

Branch
Ugric   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Hungarian   
Old Albanian   

Standard Forms
Modern Hungarian   
Standard Albanian   

Language Position
66   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
hu   
sq   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hun   
sqi   

ISO 639 2/B
hun   
alb   

ISO 639 3
hun   
sqi   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
hung1274   
alba1267   

Linguasphere
ohu   
55-AAA-aaa   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic   
Synthetic   

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Hungarian and Albanian Language History

Comparison of Hungarian vs Albanian language history gives us differences between origin of Hungarian and Albanian language. History of Hungarian language states that this language originated in 1192 AD whereas history of Albanian language states that this language originated in 1462 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 Hungarian and Albanian Language History.

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

Hungarian vs Albanian Difficulty

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

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