Countries
European Union, Hungary, Serbia, Vojvodina, Serbia
  
Bulgaria, European Union
  
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 in
Hungarian-alphabets.jpg#200
  
Bulgarian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Cyrillic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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)
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million
  
99+
7.80 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Bulgarian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.