Countries
European Union, Hungary, Serbia, Vojvodina, Serbia
  
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community
  
National Language
Austria, Gambia, Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine
  
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain
  
Second Language
United States of America
  
Spain
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Europe
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Austria, Croatia, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine
  
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain
  
Regulated By
known, Research Institute for Linguistics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (Magyar Tudományos Akadémia Nyelvtudományi Intézete)
  
Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, 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.
  
- Catalan is 6th most largely spoken Romance language.
- Catalan went through a golden age in low middle ages, reaching a peak of maturity and cultural richness.
  
Similar To
Mansi and Khanty Languages
  
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language
  
Derived From
East and South Slavic Languages
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
Hungarian-alphabets.jpg#200
  
Catalan-Alpahabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
szia
  
Hola
  
Thank You
köszönöm
  
Gràcies
  
How Are You?
Hogy vagy?
  
Com estàs?
  
Good Night
Jó Éjszakát
  
Bona nit
  
Good Evening
jó Estét
  
Bona nit
  
Good Afternoon
Jó Napot Kívánok
  
Bona tarda
  
Good Morning
jó Reggelt
  
Bon dia
  
Please
Kérlek
  
Sisplau
  
Sorry
bocsi
  
Perdó!
  
Bye
viszlát
  
Adéu
  
I Love You
Szeretlek
  
T'estimo
  
Excuse Me
elnézést
  
Dispensi!
  
Dialect 1
Csángó
  
Caló
  
Where They Speak
Bacău County, Rumania
  
France, Portugal, Spain
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Oberwart
  
Valencian
  
Where They Speak
Austria
  
Spain
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
2,400,000.00
  
19
Dialect 3
Székely
  
Ribagorçan
  
Where They Speak
Székely Land
  
Spain
  
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million
  
99+
9.20 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
13.00 million
  
99+
4.10 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
0.07 million
  
38
5.10 million
  
28
Native Name
magyar / magyar nyelv
  
català
  
Alternative Names
Magyar
  
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian
  
French Name
hongrois
  
catalan; valencien
  
German Name
Ungarisch
  
Katalanisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˈmɒɟɒr]
  
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)
  
Ethnicity
Hungarians
  
Catalan people
  
Origin
1192 AD
  
c. 1028
  
Language Family
Uralic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Finno-Ugric
  
Romance
  
Branch
Ugric
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Hungarian
  
Old Catalan
  
Standard Forms
Modern Hungarian
  
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Catalan
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
hu
  
ca
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
hun
  
cat
  
ISO 639 2/B
hun
  
cat
  
ISO 639 3
hun
  
cat
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
hung1274
  
stan1289
  
Linguasphere
ohu
  
51-AAA-e
  
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 Catalan 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 Catalan greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Hungarian and Catalan language. Hungarian word for "Hello" is szia or Catalan word for "Thank You" is Gràcies. Find more of such common Hungarian Greetings and Catalan Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Hungarian vs Catalan Difficulty
The Hungarian vs Catalan difficulty level basically depends on the number of Hungarian Alphabets and Catalan 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 Catalan are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Hungarian and Catalan, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Hungarian is 44 weeks while to learn Catalan time required is 24 weeks.