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Hungarian vs Norwegian


Norwegian vs Hungarian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Hungary, Serbia, Vojvodina, Serbia  
Norway  

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
1  
14

National Language
Austria, Gambia, Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine  
Norway  

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

Speaking Continents
Africa, Europe  
Europe, South America  

Minority Language
Austria, Croatia, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine  
Nynorsk  

Regulated By
known, Research Institute for Linguistics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (Magyar Tudományos Akadémia Nyelvtudományi Intézete)  
Norwegian Language Council  

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.
  
  • Bergen is one of the Norwegian dialect which has only two genders: common and neuter.
  • Since Norwegian language uses pitch accents, it has musical quality and are sometimes employed to distinguish the meanings of homonyms.
  

Similar To
Mansi and Khanty Languages  
Swedish and Danish Languages  

Derived From
East and South Slavic Languages  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
40  
21
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
14  
11
9  
6

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
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
szia  
hallo  

Thank You
köszönöm  
takk  

How Are You?
Hogy vagy?  
hvordan har du det?  

Good Night
Jó Éjszakát  
god natt  

Good Evening
jó Estét  
god kveld  

Good Afternoon
Jó Napot Kívánok  
god ettermiddag  

Good Morning
jó Reggelt  
god morgen  

Please
Kérlek  
Vær så snill  

Sorry
bocsi  
unnskyld  

Bye
viszlát  
ha det  

I Love You
Szeretlek  
Jeg Elsker Deg  

Excuse Me
elnézést  
unnskyld meg  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Csángó  
Jamtlandic  

Where They Speak
Bacău County, Rumania  
Jamtland,Harjedalen  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
30,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Oberwart  
Sognamål  

Where They Speak
Austria  
Sogn  

Dialect 3
Székely  
Hallingmål-Valdris  

Where They Speak
Székely Land  
Hallingdal, Valdres  

Total No. Of Dialects
11  
11
19  
17

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.19 %  
99+
Not Available  

Native Speakers
13.00 million  
99+
5.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
0.07 million  
38
Not Available  

Native Name
magyar / magyar nyelv  
Norsk  

Alternative Names
Magyar  
Norsk  

French Name
hongrois  
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien  

German Name
Ungarisch  
Nynorsk  

Pronunciation
[ˈmɒɟɒr]  
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian) [nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)  

Ethnicity
Hungarians  
Norwegians  

History

Origin
1192 AD  
c. 1300 AD  

Language Family
Uralic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Finno-Ugric  
Germanic  

Branch
Ugric  
Northern (Scandinavian)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Hungarian  
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian  

Standard Forms
Modern Hungarian  
Nynorsk, Bokmål  

Language Position
66  
99+
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Signed Norwegian  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
hu  
no  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hun  
nor  

ISO 639 2/B
hun  
nor  

ISO 639 3
hun  
nor  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
hung1274  
norw1258  

Linguasphere
ohu  
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic  
Fusional  

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Hungarian and Norwegian Language History

Comparison of Hungarian vs Norwegian language history gives us differences between origin of Hungarian and Norwegian language. History of Hungarian language states that this language originated in 1192 AD whereas history of Norwegian language states that this language originated in c. 1300 AD. 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 Norwegian Language History.

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

Hungarian vs Norwegian Difficulty

The Hungarian vs Norwegian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Hungarian Alphabets and Norwegian 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 Norwegian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Hungarian and Norwegian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Hungarian is 44 weeks while to learn Norwegian time required is 24 weeks.

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