Countries
European Union, Hungary, Serbia, Vojvodina, Serbia
  
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia
  
National Language
Austria, Gambia, Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine
  
Slovakia, Vojvodina, 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
  
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
known, Research Institute for Linguistics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (Magyar Tudományos Akadémia Nyelvtudományi Intézete)
  
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic
  
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.
  
- Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
- Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
  
Similar To
Mansi and Khanty Languages
  
Czech Language
  
Derived From
East and South Slavic Languages
  
Czech-Slovak Language
  
Alphabets in
Hungarian-alphabets.jpg#200
  
Slovak-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
szia
  
Ahoj
  
Thank You
köszönöm
  
Ďakujem vám
  
How Are You?
Hogy vagy?
  
Ako sa máte?
  
Good Night
Jó Éjszakát
  
Dobrú noc
  
Good Evening
jó Estét
  
Dobrý večer
  
Good Afternoon
Jó Napot Kívánok
  
Dobré popoludnie
  
Good Morning
jó Reggelt
  
Dobré ráno
  
Please
Kérlek
  
Prosím
  
Sorry
bocsi
  
Pardón!
  
Bye
viszlát
  
Dovidenia
  
I Love You
Szeretlek
  
Ľúbim Ťa
  
Excuse Me
elnézést
  
Prepáčte!
  
Dialect 1
Csángó
  
Eastern Slovak
  
Where They Speak
Bacău County, Rumania
  
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin
  
Dialect 2
Oberwart
  
Central Slovak
  
Where They Speak
Austria
  
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec
  
Dialect 3
Székely
  
Western Slovak
  
Where They Speak
Székely Land
  
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie
  
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million
  
99+
5.20 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
13.00 million
  
99+
5.20 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
0.07 million
  
38
Not Available
  
Native Name
magyar / magyar nyelv
  
slovenčina
  
Alternative Names
Magyar
  
Slovakian, Slovencina
  
French Name
hongrois
  
slovaque
  
German Name
Ungarisch
  
Slowakisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˈmɒɟɒr]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Hungarians
  
Slovaks
  
Origin
1192 AD
  
6th Century
  
Language Family
Uralic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Finno-Ugric
  
Slavic
  
Branch
Ugric
  
Western
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Hungarian
  
Proto-Slavic
  
Standard Forms
Modern Hungarian
  
Slovak
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
hu
  
sk
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
hun
  
slk
  
ISO 639 2/B
hun
  
slo
  
ISO 639 3
hun
  
slk
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
hung1274
  
slov1269
  
Linguasphere
ohu
  
53-AAA-db
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
  
Synthetic
  
Hungarian and Slovak 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 Slovak greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Hungarian and Slovak language. Hungarian word for "Hello" is szia or Slovak word for "Thank You" is Ďakujem vám. Find more of such common Hungarian Greetings and Slovak Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Hungarian vs Slovak Difficulty
The Hungarian vs Slovak difficulty level basically depends on the number of Hungarian Alphabets and Slovak 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 Slovak are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Hungarian and Slovak, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Hungarian is 44 weeks while to learn Slovak time required is 44 weeks.