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Hungarian vs Lithuanian


Lithuanian vs Hungarian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Hungary, Serbia, Vojvodina, Serbia   
European Union, Lithuania   

Total No. Of Countries
5   
10
2   
13

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

Alphabets in
Hungarian-alphabets.jpg#200   
Lithuanian-Alpahbets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
40   
21
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
14   
11
12   
9

How Many Consonants
25   
15
20   
10

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

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   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Csángó   
Samogitian   

Where They Speak
Bacău County, Rumania   
Lithuania   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
500,000.00   
34

Dialect 2
Oberwart   
Aukštaitian   

Where They Speak
Austria   
Lithuania   

Dialect 3
Székely   
Curonian   

Where They Speak
Székely Land   
Lithuania   

Total No. Of Dialects
11   
11
10   
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
13.00 million   
99+
3.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.19 %   
99+
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   

History

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
66   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Lithuanian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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   

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Hungarian and Lithuanian Language History

Comparison of Hungarian vs Lithuanian language history gives us differences between origin of Hungarian and Lithuanian language. History of Hungarian language states that this language originated in 1192 AD whereas history of Lithuanian language states that this language originated in c. 1503. 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 Lithuanian Language History.

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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.

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