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Hungarian vs Slovak


Slovak vs Hungarian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Hungary, Serbia, Vojvodina, Serbia   
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia   

Total No. Of Countries
5   
10
4   
11

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

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

Alphabets
40   
21
46   
26

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
14   
11
15   
12

How Many Consonants
25   
15
38   
27

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
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

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!   

Dialects

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   

Total No. Of Dialects
11   
11
4   
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.19 %   
99+
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   

History

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
66   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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   

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Hungarian and Slovak Language History

Comparison of Hungarian vs Slovak language history gives us differences between origin of Hungarian and Slovak language. History of Hungarian language states that this language originated in 1192 AD whereas history of Slovak language states that this language originated in 6th 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 Slovak Language History.

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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.

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