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Hungarian vs Bulgarian


Bulgarian vs Hungarian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Hungary, Serbia, Vojvodina, Serbia   
Bulgaria, European Union   

Total No. Of Countries
5   
10
2   
13

National Language
Austria, Gambia, Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine   
Bulgaria   

Second Language
United States of America   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Europe   
Africa, Europe   

Minority Language
Austria, Croatia, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine   
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine   

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

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.
  
  • The only Slavic language which has lost all its grammatical cases is Bulgarian.
  • The first Slavic language to be written was Bulgarian in 9th century.
  

Similar To
Mansi and Khanty Languages   
Macedonian language   

Derived From
East and South Slavic Languages   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
40   
21
30   
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
14   
11
6   
3

How Many Consonants
25   
15
36   
26

Scripts
Latin   
Cyrillic   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
szia   
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)   

Thank You
köszönöm   
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)   

How Are You?
Hogy vagy?   
Как си? (Kak si?)   

Good Night
Jó Éjszakát   
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)   

Good Evening
jó Estét   
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)   

Good Afternoon
Jó Napot Kívánok   
Добър ден (Dobãr den)   

Good Morning
jó Reggelt   
Добро утро (Dobro utro)   

Please
Kérlek   
Моля (Molja)   

Sorry
bocsi   
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)   

Bye
viszlát   
Довиждане (Doviždane)   

I Love You
Szeretlek   
Обичам те (Običam te)   

Excuse Me
elnézést   
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Csángó   
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo   

Where They Speak
Bacău County, Rumania   
Bulgaria   

Dialect 2
Oberwart   
Panagyurishte   

Where They Speak
Austria   
Bulgaria   

Dialect 3
Székely   
Pirdop   

Where They Speak
Székely Land   
Bulgaria   

Total No. Of Dialects
11   
11
58   
32

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.19 %   
99+
Not Available   

Native Speakers
13.00 million   
99+
7.80 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
0.07 million   
38
Not Available   

Native Name
magyar / magyar nyelv   
български (bãlgarski)   

Alternative Names
Magyar   
Balgarski   

French Name
hongrois   
bulgare   

German Name
Ungarisch   
Bulgarisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈmɒɟɒr]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Hungarians   
Not Available   

History

Origin
1192 AD   
9th Century   

Language Family
Uralic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Finno-Ugric   
Slavic   

Branch
Ugric   
Southern   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Hungarian   
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian   

Standard Forms
Modern Hungarian   
Standard Bulgarian   

Language Position
66   
99+
88   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Bulgarian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
hu   
bg   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hun   
bul   

ISO 639 2/B
hun   
bul   

ISO 639 3
hun   
bul   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
buls   

Glottocode
hung1274   
bulg1262   

Linguasphere
ohu   
53-AAA-hb   

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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Hungarian and Bulgarian Language History

Comparison of Hungarian vs Bulgarian language history gives us differences between origin of Hungarian and Bulgarian language. History of Hungarian language states that this language originated in 1192 AD whereas history of Bulgarian language states that this language originated in 9th Century. 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 Bulgarian Language History.

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

Hungarian vs Bulgarian Difficulty

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

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