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Hungarian vs Japanese


Japanese vs Hungarian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Hungary, Serbia, Vojvodina, Serbia  
Japan  

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
1  
14

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

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

Speaking Continents
Africa, Europe  
Asia, Pacific  

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

Regulated By
known, Research Institute for Linguistics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (Magyar Tudományos Akadémia Nyelvtudományi Intézete)  
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education  

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 Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
  • There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  

Similar To
Mansi and Khanty Languages  
Korean Language  

Derived From
East and South Slavic Languages  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
40  
21
99  
40

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
14  
11
5  
2

How Many Consonants
25  
15
14  
4

Scripts
Latin  
Kana  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
szia  
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)  

Thank You
köszönöm  
ありがとう (Arigatō)  

How Are You?
Hogy vagy?  
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)  

Good Night
Jó Éjszakát  
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)  

Good Evening
jó Estét  
こんばんは (Konbanwa)  

Good Afternoon
Jó Napot Kívánok  
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)  

Good Morning
jó Reggelt  
おはよう (Ohayō)  

Please
Kérlek  
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)  

Sorry
bocsi  
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)  

Bye
viszlát  
さようなら (Sayōnara)  

I Love You
Szeretlek  
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)  

Excuse Me
elnézést  
すみません (Sumimasen)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Csángó  
Sanuki  

Where They Speak
Bacău County, Rumania  
Kagawa  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
1,000,000.00  
28

Dialect 2
Oberwart  
Hakata  

Where They Speak
Austria  
Fukuoka  

Dialect 3
Székely  
Kansai  

Where They Speak
Székely Land  
kansai  

Total No. Of Dialects
11  
11
31  
25

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
13.00 million  
99+
128.00 million  
14

Speaking Population
0.19 %  
99+
1.90 %  
10

Native Speakers
13.00 million  
99+
128.00 million  
9

Second Language Speakers
0.07 million  
38
Not Available  

Native Name
magyar / magyar nyelv  
日本語  

Alternative Names
Magyar  
Not Available  

French Name
hongrois  
japonais  

German Name
Ungarisch  
Japanisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈmɒɟɒr]  
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]  

Ethnicity
Hungarians  
Japanese (Yamato)  

History

Origin
1192 AD  
1185  

Language Family
Uralic Family  
Japonic Family  

Subgroup
Finno-Ugric  
Not Available  

Branch
Ugric  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Hungarian  
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese  

Standard Forms
Modern Hungarian  
Japanese  

Language Position
66  
99+
8  
8

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Signed Japanese  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
hu  
ja  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hun  
jpn  

ISO 639 2/B
hun  
jpn  

ISO 639 3
hun  
jpn  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
hung1274  
nucl1643  

Linguasphere
ohu  
45-CAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic  
Agglutinative, Synthetic  

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Hungarian and Japanese Language History

Comparison of Hungarian vs Japanese language history gives us differences between origin of Hungarian and Japanese language. History of Hungarian language states that this language originated in 1192 AD whereas history of Japanese language states that this language originated in 1185. 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 Japanese Language History.

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

Hungarian vs Japanese Difficulty

The Hungarian vs Japanese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Hungarian Alphabets and Japanese 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 Japanese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Hungarian and Japanese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Hungarian is 44 weeks while to learn Japanese time required is 88 weeks.

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