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Hungarian vs Polish


Polish vs Hungarian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Hungary, Serbia, Vojvodina, Serbia  
European Union, Poland  

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
2  
13

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

Second Language
United States of America  
Belarus, Czech Republic, England, Lithuania, Slovakia, Ukraine  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Europe  
Europe  

Minority Language
Austria, Croatia, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine  
Belarus, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Ukraine  

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

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.
  
  • Polish Language has many loanwords from Russian, Czech, French, Italian, Hebrew and German Languages.
  • The earliest writings found in polish language was list of persons and place names, is dated to 1136.
  

Similar To
Mansi and Khanty Languages  
Czech, Slovak, Serbian Languages  

Derived From
East and South Slavic Languages  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
40  
21
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
14  
11
9  
6

How Many Consonants
25  
15
23  
13

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
szia  
cześć  

Thank You
köszönöm  
dziękuję  

How Are You?
Hogy vagy?  
Jak się masz?  

Good Night
Jó Éjszakát  
dobranoc  

Good Evening
jó Estét  
dobry wieczór  

Good Afternoon
Jó Napot Kívánok  
dzień dobry  

Good Morning
jó Reggelt  
Dzień dobry  

Please
Kérlek  
proszę  

Sorry
bocsi  
Przepraszam  

Bye
viszlát  
do widzenia  

I Love You
Szeretlek  
kocham Cię  

Excuse Me
elnézést  
przepraszam  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Csángó  
Kashubian  

Where They Speak
Bacău County, Rumania  
Poland  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
108,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Oberwart  
Masovian  

Where They Speak
Austria  
Poland  

Dialect 3
Székely  
Silesian  

Where They Speak
Székely Land  
Czech Republic, Poland  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
510,000.00  
22

Total No. Of Dialects
11  
11
34  
27

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
13.00 million  
99+
40.00 million  
31

Speaking Population
0.19 %  
99+
0.61 %  
25

Native Speakers
13.00 million  
99+
40.00 million  
24

Second Language Speakers
0.07 million  
38
Not Available  

Native Name
magyar / magyar nyelv  
Polski  

Alternative Names
Magyar  
Polnisch, Polski  

French Name
hongrois  
polonais  

German Name
Ungarisch  
Polnisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈmɒɟɒr]  
[ˈpɔlski]  

Ethnicity
Hungarians  
Poles  

History

Origin
1192 AD  
1270  

Language Family
Uralic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Finno-Ugric  
Slavic  

Branch
Ugric  
Western  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Hungarian  
Old Polish and Middle Polish  

Standard Forms
Modern Hungarian  
Polish  

Language Position
66  
99+
24  
20

Signed Forms
Not Available  
System Językowo-Migowy (SJM) (Signed Polish)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
hu  
pl  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hun  
pol  

ISO 639 2/B
hun  
pol  

ISO 639 3
hun  
pol  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
pols  

Glottocode
hung1274  
poli1260  

Linguasphere
ohu  
53-AAA-cc  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Hungarian and Polish Language History

Comparison of Hungarian vs Polish language history gives us differences between origin of Hungarian and Polish language. History of Hungarian language states that this language originated in 1192 AD whereas history of Polish language states that this language originated in 1270. 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 Polish Language History.

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

Hungarian vs Polish Difficulty

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

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