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Hungarian vs Czech


Czech vs Hungarian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Hungary, Serbia, Vojvodina, Serbia   
Czech Republic, European Union   

Total No. Of Countries
5   
10
2   
13

National Language
Austria, Gambia, Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine   
Czech Republic   

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

Speaking Continents
Africa, Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
Austria, Croatia, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine   
Austria, Croatia, Germany, Slovakia   

Regulated By
known, Research Institute for Linguistics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (Magyar Tudományos Akadémia Nyelvtudományi Intézete)   
Institute of the Czech 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 Czech language was known as Bohemian as early at 19th century.
  • In czech language, there are many words that do not contain vowels.
  

Similar To
Mansi and Khanty Languages   
Polish, Slovak and Sorbian   

Derived From
East and South Slavic Languages   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
40   
21
42   
22

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
14   
11
32   
21

How Many Consonants
25   
15
32   
22

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   
ahoj   

Thank You
köszönöm   
děkuji   

How Are You?
Hogy vagy?   
Jak se máš?   

Good Night
Jó Éjszakát   
dobrou noc   

Good Evening
jó Estét   
dobrý večer   

Good Afternoon
Jó Napot Kívánok   
dobré odpoledne   

Good Morning
jó Reggelt   
dobré ráno   

Please
Kérlek   
prosím   

Sorry
bocsi   
litovat   

Bye
viszlát   
sbohem   

I Love You
Szeretlek   
Miluji tě   

Excuse Me
elnézést   
promiňte   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Csángó   
Chod   

Where They Speak
Bacău County, Rumania   
Chodsko, Bohemia   

Dialect 2
Oberwart   
Lach   

Where They Speak
Austria   
Czech Silesia, Hlucin, Northeast Moravia   

Dialect 3
Székely   
Moravian   

Where They Speak
Székely Land   
Czech Republic, Czech Silesia, Moravia, Slovakia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
108,000.00   
27

Total No. Of Dialects
11   
11
13   
13

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.19 %   
99+
0.15 %   
99+

Native Speakers
13.00 million   
99+
11.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
0.07 million   
38
Not Available   

Native Name
magyar / magyar nyelv   
čeština / český jazyk   

Alternative Names
Magyar   
Bohemian, Cestina   

French Name
hongrois   
tchèque   

German Name
Ungarisch   
Tschechisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈmɒɟɒr]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Hungarians   
Czechs   

History

Origin
1192 AD   
9th Century   

Language Family
Uralic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Finno-Ugric   
Slavic   

Branch
Ugric   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Hungarian   
Proto-Czech, Old Czech   

Standard Forms
Modern Hungarian   
Standard Czech   

Language Position
66   
99+
73   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Czech Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
hu   
cs   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hun   
ces   

ISO 639 2/B
hun   
cze   

ISO 639 3
hun   
ces   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
hung1274   
czec1258   

Linguasphere
ohu   
53-AAA-da   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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Hungarian and Czech Language History

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

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

Hungarian vs Czech Difficulty

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

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