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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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