Home
Languagevs


Hungarian vs Igbo


Igbo vs Hungarian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Hungary, Serbia, Vojvodina, Serbia  
Nigeria  

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
1  
14

National Language
Austria, Gambia, Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine  
Nigeria  

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

Speaking Continents
Africa, Europe  
Africa  

Minority Language
Austria, Croatia, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine  
Equatorial Guinea  

Regulated By
known, Research Institute for Linguistics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (Magyar Tudományos Akadémia Nyelvtudományi Intézete)  
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture  

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.
  
  • In Igbo, there is complicated system of high and low tones indicating differences in meaning and grammatical relationships.
  • Igbo has inexhaustible and rich linguistic features like idioms, proverbs, aphorisms, anecdotes etc.
  

Similar To
Mansi and Khanty Languages  
Not Available  

Derived From
East and South Slavic Languages  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
40  
21
36  
18

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
14  
11
8  
5

How Many Consonants
25  
15
28  
18

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
52 weeks  
12

Greetings

Hello
szia  
kedụ  

Thank You
köszönöm  
dalụ  

How Are You?
Hogy vagy?  
kedụ ka ịmere  

Good Night
Jó Éjszakát  
ka chi fo  

Good Evening
jó Estét  
mgbede ọma  

Good Afternoon
Jó Napot Kívánok  
ehihie ọma  

Good Morning
jó Reggelt  
ụtụtụ ọma  

Please
Kérlek  
Biko  

Sorry
bocsi  
Ndo  

Bye
viszlát  
Not Available  

I Love You
Szeretlek  
a hụrụ m gị n'anya  

Excuse Me
elnézést  
ngọpụ  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Csángó  
Enuani  

Where They Speak
Bacău County, Rumania  
Nigeria  

Dialect 2
Oberwart  
Ngwa  

Where They Speak
Austria  
Nigeria  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
1,500,000.00  
22

Dialect 3
Székely  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Székely Land  
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
11  
11
20  
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
13.00 million  
99+
25.00 million  
40

Speaking Population
0.19 %  
99+
Not Available  

Native Speakers
13.00 million  
99+
25.00 million  
32

Second Language Speakers
0.07 million  
38
Not Available  

Native Name
magyar / magyar nyelv  
igbo  

Alternative Names
Magyar  
Ibo  

French Name
hongrois  
igbo  

German Name
Ungarisch  
Ibo-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[ˈmɒɟɒr]  
[iɡ͡boː]  

Ethnicity
Hungarians  
Igbo people  

History

Origin
1192 AD  
30th Century BC  

Language Family
Uralic Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Finno-Ugric  
Kwa  

Branch
Ugric  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Hungarian  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Modern Hungarian  
Standard Igbo  

Language Position
66  
99+
57  
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
hu  
ig  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hun  
ibo  

ISO 639 2/B
hun  
ibo  

ISO 639 3
hun  
ibo  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
hung1274  
nucl1417  

Linguasphere
ohu  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic  
Agglutinative  

Countries >>
<< All

Hungarian and Igbo Language History

Comparison of Hungarian vs Igbo language history gives us differences between origin of Hungarian and Igbo language. History of Hungarian language states that this language originated in 1192 AD whereas history of Igbo language states that this language originated in 30th Century BC. 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 Igbo Language History.

Compare Most Difficult Languages

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

Hungarian vs Igbo Difficulty

The Hungarian vs Igbo difficulty level basically depends on the number of Hungarian Alphabets and Igbo 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 Igbo are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Hungarian and Igbo, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Hungarian is 44 weeks while to learn Igbo time required is 52 weeks.

Most Difficult Languages

Most Difficult Languages

» More Most Difficult Languages

Compare Most Difficult Languages

» More Compare Most Difficult Languages