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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   

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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.

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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.

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