Countries
European Union, Hungary, Serbia, Vojvodina, Serbia
  
European Union, Malta
  
National Language
Austria, Gambia, Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine
  
Malta
  
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
  
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America
  
Regulated By
known, Research Institute for Linguistics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (Magyar Tudományos Akadémia Nyelvtudományi Intézete)
  
National Council for the Maltese 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.
  
- Maltese language is the only semitic language written in Latin characters.
- Maltese language has borrowed many loan words from English, Italian and French.
  
Similar To
Mansi and Khanty Languages
  
Western Arabic Dialects
  
Derived From
East and South Slavic Languages
  
Roman Languages
  
Alphabets in
Hungarian-alphabets.jpg#200
  
Maltese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
szia
  
Ħello
  
Thank You
köszönöm
  
Grazzi
  
How Are You?
Hogy vagy?
  
Kif int?
  
Good Night
Jó Éjszakát
  
Il-Lejla it-tajba
  
Good Evening
jó Estét
  
Il-Lejla it-tajba
  
Good Afternoon
Jó Napot Kívánok
  
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
  
Good Morning
jó Reggelt
  
L-għodwa t-tajba
  
Please
Kérlek
  
Jekk jogħġbok
  
Sorry
bocsi
  
Skużani!
  
Bye
viszlát
  
Ċaw
  
I Love You
Szeretlek
  
Inħobbok ħafna
  
Excuse Me
elnézést
  
Skużi!
  
Dialect 1
Csángó
  
Qormi
  
Where They Speak
Bacău County, Rumania
  
Malta
  
Dialect 2
Oberwart
  
Żejtun
  
Where They Speak
Austria
  
Malta
  
Dialect 3
Székely
  
Not Present
  
Where They Speak
Székely Land
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million
  
99+
0.52 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
13.00 million
  
99+
0.52 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
0.07 million
  
38
Not Available
  
Native Name
magyar / magyar nyelv
  
Malti
  
Alternative Names
Magyar
  
Malti
  
French Name
hongrois
  
maltais
  
German Name
Ungarisch
  
Maltesisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˈmɒɟɒr]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Hungarians
  
Maltese
  
Origin
1192 AD
  
c. 1470
  
Language Family
Uralic Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Finno-Ugric
  
Semitic
  
Branch
Ugric
  
North Abric
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Hungarian
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Modern Hungarian
  
Maltese
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Maltese Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
hu
  
mt
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
hun
  
mlt
  
ISO 639 2/B
hun
  
mlt
  
ISO 639 3
hun
  
mlt
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
hung1274
  
malt1254
  
Linguasphere
ohu
  
12-AAC-c
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
  
Synthetic
  
Hungarian and Maltese 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 Maltese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Hungarian and Maltese language. Hungarian word for "Hello" is szia or Maltese word for "Thank You" is Grazzi. Find more of such common Hungarian Greetings and Maltese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Hungarian vs Maltese Difficulty
The Hungarian vs Maltese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Hungarian Alphabets and Maltese 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 Maltese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Hungarian and Maltese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Hungarian is 44 weeks while to learn Maltese time required is 30 weeks.