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Hungarian vs Bulgarian


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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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