Countries
European Union, Hungary, Serbia, Vojvodina, Serbia
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia
National Language
Austria, Gambia, Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia
Second Language
United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Europe
Europe
Minority Language
Austria, Croatia, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia
Regulated By
known, Research Institute for Linguistics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (Magyar Tudományos Akadémia Nyelvtudományi Intézete)
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language
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.
- Serbian language was derived from the Old Church Salvic, as the language was commonly spoken by most of Slavic people in the 9th Century.
- Serbian language is based on Stokavian dialect.
Similar To
Mansi and Khanty Languages
Bosnian and Croatian Languages
Derived From
East and South Slavic Languages
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Latin
Cyrillic, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
szia
Здраво (Zdravo)
Thank You
köszönöm
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)
How Are You?
Hogy vagy?
Како си? (Kako si?)
Good Night
Jó Éjszakát
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)
Good Evening
jó Estét
Добро вече (Dobro veče)
Good Afternoon
Jó Napot Kívánok
Добар дан (Dobar dan)
Good Morning
jó Reggelt
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)
Please
Kérlek
Молим (Molim)
Sorry
bocsi
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)
Bye
viszlát
Довиђења (Doviđenja)
I Love You
Szeretlek
Волим те (Volim te)
Excuse Me
elnézést
Извините (Izvinite)
Dialect 1
Csángó
Prizren-Timok
Where They Speak
Bacău County, Rumania
Southeastern Serbia
Dialect 2
Oberwart
Smederevo–Vršac
Where They Speak
Austria
Serbia
Dialect 3
Székely
Torlakian
Where They Speak
Székely Land
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
magyar / magyar nyelv
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)
Alternative Names
Magyar
Montenegrin
French Name
hongrois
serbe
German Name
Ungarisch
Serbisch
Pronunciation
[ˈmɒɟɒr]
[sr̩̂pskiː]
Ethnicity
Hungarians
Serbs
Origin
1192 AD
11th Century
Language Family
Uralic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Finno-Ugric
Not Available
Branch
Ugric
Not Available
Early Forms
Old Hungarian
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Hungarian
Standard Serbian
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
hung1274
serb1264
Linguasphere
ohu
53-AAA-g
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
Not Available
Hungarian and Serbian 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 Serbian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Hungarian and Serbian language. Hungarian word for "Hello" is szia or Serbian word for "Thank You" is Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo). Find more of such common Hungarian Greetings and Serbian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Hungarian vs Serbian Difficulty
The Hungarian vs Serbian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Hungarian Alphabets and Serbian 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 Serbian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Hungarian and Serbian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Hungarian is 44 weeks while to learn Serbian time required is 44 weeks.