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Hungarian vs Romanian


Romanian vs Hungarian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Hungary, Serbia, Vojvodina, Serbia   
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine   

Total No. Of Countries
5   
10
6   
9

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

Second Language
United States of America   
Kazakhstan, Russia   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Europe   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Austria, Croatia, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine   
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine   

Regulated By
known, Research Institute for Linguistics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (Magyar Tudományos Akadémia Nyelvtudományi Intézete)   
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li   

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.
  
  • Romanian language has distinct type of grammar and phonology compared to other Romance languages.
  • The earliest text of Romance language was found in the year 1521.
  

Similar To
Mansi and Khanty Languages   
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.   

Derived From
East and South Slavic Languages   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
40   
21
31   
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
14   
11
7   
4

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
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
szia   
alo   

Thank You
köszönöm   
multumesc   

How Are You?
Hogy vagy?   
ce mai faci?   

Good Night
Jó Éjszakát   
noapte Buna   

Good Evening
jó Estét   
buna Seara   

Good Afternoon
Jó Napot Kívánok   
buna Ziua   

Good Morning
jó Reggelt   
bună Dimineața   

Please
Kérlek   
Vă Rog   

Sorry
bocsi   
scuze   

Bye
viszlát   
La revedere   

I Love You
Szeretlek   
Te iubesc   

Excuse Me
elnézést   
Scuza-Ma   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Csángó   
Aromanian   

Where They Speak
Bacău County, Rumania   
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
250,000.00   
38

Dialect 2
Oberwart   
Megleno-Romanian   

Where They Speak
Austria   
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
5,000.00   
99+

Dialect 3
Székely   
Istro-Romanian   

Where They Speak
Székely Land   
Croatia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,400.00   
37

Total No. Of Dialects
11   
11
10   
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
13.00 million   
99+
28.00 million   
38

Speaking Population
0.19 %   
99+
0.37 %   
35

Native Speakers
13.00 million   
99+
24.00 million   
33

Second Language Speakers
0.07 million   
38
4.00 million   
30

Native Name
magyar / magyar nyelv   
Română   

Alternative Names
Magyar   
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian   

French Name
hongrois   
roumain; moldave   

German Name
Ungarisch   
Rumänisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈmɒɟɒr]   
[roˈmɨnə]   

Ethnicity
Hungarians   
Romanians   

History

Origin
1192 AD   
1521   

Language Family
Uralic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Finno-Ugric   
Not Available   

Branch
Ugric   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Hungarian   
Proto-Romanian   

Standard Forms
Modern Hungarian   
Romanian   

Language Position
66   
99+
36   
28

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Romanian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
hu   
ro   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hun   
ron   

ISO 639 2/B
hun   
rum   

ISO 639 3
hun   
ron   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
hung1274   
roma1327   

Linguasphere
ohu   
51-AAD-c   

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 Romanian Language History

Comparison of Hungarian vs Romanian language history gives us differences between origin of Hungarian and Romanian language. History of Hungarian language states that this language originated in 1192 AD whereas history of Romanian language states that this language originated in 1521. 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 Romanian Language History.

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

Hungarian vs Romanian Difficulty

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

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