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Hungarian vs Korean


Korean vs Hungarian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Hungary, Serbia, Vojvodina, Serbia  
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian  

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
5  
10

National Language
Austria, Gambia, Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine  
North Korea, South Korea  

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

Speaking Continents
Africa, Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Austria, Croatia, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine  
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America  

Regulated By
known, Research Institute for Linguistics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (Magyar Tudományos Akadémia Nyelvtudományi Intézete)  
The National Institute of the Korean 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.
  
  • Korean has borrowed words from English and Chinese.
  • Korean has two counting systems. First, is based on Chinese characters and numbers are similar to Chinese numbers, and second counting system is from words unique to Korea.
  

Similar To
Mansi and Khanty Languages  
Chinese and Japanese languages  

Derived From
East and South Slavic Languages  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
40  
21
40  
21

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
14  
11
21  
18

How Many Consonants
25  
15
19  
9

Scripts
Latin  
Hangul  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
szia  
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)  

Thank You
köszönöm  
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)  

How Are You?
Hogy vagy?  
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)  

Good Night
Jó Éjszakát  
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)  

Good Evening
jó Estét  
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)  

Good Afternoon
Jó Napot Kívánok  
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)  

Good Morning
jó Reggelt  
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)  

Please
Kérlek  
하십시오 (hasibsio)  

Sorry
bocsi  
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)  

Bye
viszlát  
안녕 (annyeong)  

I Love You
Szeretlek  
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)  

Excuse Me
elnézést  
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Csángó  
Jeju  

Where They Speak
Bacău County, Rumania  
South Korea  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
10,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Oberwart  
Gyeongsang  

Where They Speak
Austria  
South Korea  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
10,000,000.00  
9

Dialect 3
Székely  
Hamgyŏng  

Where They Speak
Székely Land  
China, North Korea  

Total No. Of Dialects
11  
11
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
13.00 million  
99+
77.00 million  
22

Speaking Population
0.19 %  
99+
1.14 %  
16

Native Speakers
13.00 million  
99+
77.00 million  
12

Second Language Speakers
0.07 million  
38
Not Available  

Native Name
magyar / magyar nyelv  
한국어 (조선말)  

Alternative Names
Magyar  
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh  

French Name
hongrois  
coréen  

German Name
Ungarisch  
Koreanisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈmɒɟɒr]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Hungarians  
Koreans  

History

Origin
1192 AD  
Before 1st century  

Language Family
Uralic Family  
Koreanic Family  

Subgroup
Finno-Ugric  
Not Available  

Branch
Ugric  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Hungarian  
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean  

Standard Forms
Modern Hungarian  
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard  

Language Position
66  
99+
12  
11

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Korean Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
hu  
ko  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hun  
kor  

ISO 639 2/B
hun  
kor  

ISO 639 3
hun  
Kor  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
hung1274  
kore1280  

Linguasphere
ohu  
45-AAA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic  
Agglutinative  

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Hungarian and Korean Language History

Comparison of Hungarian vs Korean language history gives us differences between origin of Hungarian and Korean language. History of Hungarian language states that this language originated in 1192 AD whereas history of Korean language states that this language originated in Before 1st 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 Korean Language History.

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

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

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