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Countries

Countries
European Union, Hungary, Serbia, Vojvodina, Serbia  
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe  

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
33  
2

National Language
Austria, Gambia, Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine  
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America  

Second Language
United States of America  
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Europe  
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America  

Minority Language
Austria, Croatia, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine  
South Africa  

Regulated By
known, Research Institute for Linguistics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (Magyar Tudományos Akadémia Nyelvtudományi Intézete)  
Not Available  

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.
  
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  

Similar To
Mansi and Khanty Languages  
Not Available  

Derived From
East and South Slavic Languages  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
40  
21
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
14  
11
5  
2

How Many Consonants
25  
15
21  
11

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
7  
6

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
6 weeks  
3

Greetings

Hello
szia  
Hello  

Thank You
köszönöm  
Thank you  

How Are You?
Hogy vagy?  
How are you?  

Good Night
Jó Éjszakát  
Good Night  

Good Evening
jó Estét  
Good Evening  

Good Afternoon
Jó Napot Kívánok  
Good Afternoon  

Good Morning
jó Reggelt  
Good Morning  

Please
Kérlek  
Please  

Sorry
bocsi  
Sorry  

Bye
viszlát  
Bye  

I Love You
Szeretlek  
I love you  

Excuse Me
elnézést  
Excuse Me  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Csángó  
American English  

Where They Speak
Bacău County, Rumania  
United States of America  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
225,000,000.00  
3

Dialect 2
Oberwart  
Hiberno-English  

Where They Speak
Austria  
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
4,500,000.00  
15

Dialect 3
Székely  
Welsh English  

Where They Speak
Székely Land  
United Kingdom  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
2,500,000.00  
14

Total No. Of Dialects
11  
11
188  
34

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
13.00 million  
99+
1,200.00 million  
1

Speaking Population
0.19 %  
99+
5.43 %  
4

Native Speakers
13.00 million  
99+
400.00 million  
3

Second Language Speakers
0.07 million  
38
400.00 million  
1

Native Name
magyar / magyar nyelv  
English  

Alternative Names
Magyar  
Not Available  

French Name
hongrois  
anglais  

German Name
Ungarisch  
Englisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈmɒɟɒr]  
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/  

Ethnicity
Hungarians  
Not Available  

History

Origin
1192 AD  
5th Century AD  

Language Family
Uralic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Finno-Ugric  
Not Available  

Branch
Ugric  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Hungarian  
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English  

Standard Forms
Modern Hungarian  
Standard English  

Language Position
66  
99+
3  
3

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Signed English  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
hu  
en  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hun  
eng  

ISO 639 2/B
hun  
eng  

ISO 639 3
hun  
eng  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
engs  

Glottocode
hung1274  
stan1293  

Linguasphere
ohu  
52-ABA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic  
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic  

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Hungarian and English Language History

Comparison of Hungarian vs English language history gives us differences between origin of Hungarian and English language. History of Hungarian language states that this language originated in 1192 AD whereas history of English language states that this language originated in 5th Century AD. 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 English Language History.

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

Hungarian vs English Difficulty

The Hungarian vs English difficulty level basically depends on the number of Hungarian Alphabets and English 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 English are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Hungarian and English, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Hungarian is 44 weeks while to learn English time required is 6 weeks.

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