Countries
European Union, Hungary, Serbia, Vojvodina, Serbia
  
European Union, Lithuania
  
National Language
Austria, Gambia, Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine
  
Lithuania
  
Second Language
United States of America
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Europe
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Austria, Croatia, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine
  
Poland
  
Regulated By
known, Research Institute for Linguistics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (Magyar Tudományos Akadémia Nyelvtudományi Intézete)
  
Commission of the Lithuanian 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.
  
- Lithuanian has many loanwords that originate from Slavic, Germanic and other Baltic languages.
- "Catheciusmus" is the oldest known book in Lithuanian language in 1547.
  
Similar To
Mansi and Khanty Languages
  
Latvian
  
Derived From
East and South Slavic Languages
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Hungarian-alphabets.jpg#200
  
Lithuanian-Alpahbets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
szia
  
Sveiki
  
Thank You
köszönöm
  
Ačiū
  
How Are You?
Hogy vagy?
  
Kaip sekasi?
  
Good Night
Jó Éjszakát
  
Labanakt
  
Good Evening
jó Estét
  
Labas vakaras
  
Good Afternoon
Jó Napot Kívánok
  
Laba diena
  
Good Morning
jó Reggelt
  
Labas rytas
  
Please
Kérlek
  
Prašom
  
Sorry
bocsi
  
atsiprašau
  
Bye
viszlát
  
Ate
  
I Love You
Szeretlek
  
Aš myliu tave
  
Excuse Me
elnézést
  
Atsiprašau
  
Dialect 1
Csángó
  
Samogitian
  
Where They Speak
Bacău County, Rumania
  
Lithuania
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Oberwart
  
Aukštaitian
  
Where They Speak
Austria
  
Lithuania
  
Dialect 3
Székely
  
Curonian
  
Where They Speak
Székely Land
  
Lithuania
  
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million
  
99+
3.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
13.00 million
  
99+
3.00 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
0.07 million
  
38
Not Available
  
Native Name
magyar / magyar nyelv
  
lietuvių kalba
  
Alternative Names
Magyar
  
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy
  
French Name
hongrois
  
lituanien
  
German Name
Ungarisch
  
Litauisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˈmɒɟɒr]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Hungarians
  
Lithuanians
  
Origin
1192 AD
  
c. 1503
  
Language Family
Uralic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Finno-Ugric
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Ugric
  
Baltic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Hungarian
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Modern Hungarian
  
Lithuanian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Lithuanian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
hu
  
lt
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
hun
  
lit
  
ISO 639 2/B
hun
  
lit
  
ISO 639 3
hun
  
lit
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
hung1274
  
lith1251
  
Linguasphere
ohu
  
54-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
  
Synthetic
  
Hungarian and Lithuanian 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 Lithuanian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Hungarian and Lithuanian language. Hungarian word for "Hello" is szia or Lithuanian word for "Thank You" is Ačiū. Find more of such common Hungarian Greetings and Lithuanian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Hungarian vs Lithuanian Difficulty
The Hungarian vs Lithuanian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Hungarian Alphabets and Lithuanian 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 Lithuanian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Hungarian and Lithuanian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Hungarian is 44 weeks while to learn Lithuanian time required is 44 weeks.