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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.

Hungarian vs Korean Difficulty

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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