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Hungarian vs Serbian


Serbian vs Hungarian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Hungary, Serbia, Vojvodina, Serbia  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia  

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
4  
11

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

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

Alphabets
40  
21
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
14  
11
5  
2

How Many Consonants
25  
15
25  
15

Scripts
Latin  
Cyrillic, Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

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)  

Dialects

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  
1,500,000.00  
17

Total No. Of Dialects
11  
11
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
13.00 million  
99+
8.70 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.19 %  
99+
Not Available  

Native Speakers
13.00 million  
99+
8.70 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
0.07 million  
38
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  

History

Origin
1192 AD  
11th Century  

Language Family
Uralic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Finno-Ugric  
Not Available  

Branch
Ugric  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Hungarian  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Modern Hungarian  
Standard Serbian  

Language Position
66  
99+
44  
33

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
hu  
sr  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hun  
srp  

ISO 639 2/B
hun  
srp  

ISO 639 3
hun  
srp  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
hung1274  
serb1264  

Linguasphere
ohu  
53-AAA-g  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic  
Not Available  

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Hungarian and Serbian Language History

Comparison of Hungarian vs Serbian language history gives us differences between origin of Hungarian and Serbian language. History of Hungarian language states that this language originated in 1192 AD whereas history of Serbian language states that this language originated in 11th Century. 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 Serbian Language History.

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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.

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