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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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