Countries
European Union, Hungary, Serbia, Vojvodina, Serbia
  
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine
  
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 in
Hungarian-alphabets.jpg#200
  
Romanian.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
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
  
Dialect 2
Oberwart
  
Megleno-Romanian
  
Where They Speak
Austria
  
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Székely
  
Istro-Romanian
  
Where They Speak
Székely Land
  
Croatia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million
  
99+
28.00 million
  
38
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Romanian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.