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Hungarian vs Swahili


Swahili vs Hungarian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Hungary, Serbia, Vojvodina, Serbia   
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya   

Total No. Of Countries
5   
10
4   
11

National Language
Austria, Gambia, Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine   
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania   

Second Language
United States of America   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Europe   
Africa   

Minority Language
Austria, Croatia, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
known, Research Institute for Linguistics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (Magyar Tudományos Akadémia Nyelvtudományi Intézete)   
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)   

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.
  
  • Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
  • The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
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Similar To
Mansi and Khanty Languages   
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages   

Derived From
East and South Slavic Languages   
Arabic Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
40   
21
24   
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
14   
11
5   
2

How Many Consonants
25   
15
21   
11

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
36 weeks   
10

Greetings

Hello
szia   
Habari   

Thank You
köszönöm   
Asante   

How Are You?
Hogy vagy?   
Habari gani?   

Good Night
Jó Éjszakát   
Usiku mwema   

Good Evening
jó Estét   
Habari za jioni   

Good Afternoon
Jó Napot Kívánok   
nzuri Alasiri   

Good Morning
jó Reggelt   
Habari za asubuhi   

Please
Kérlek   
tafadhali   

Sorry
bocsi   
pole   

Bye
viszlát   
bye   

I Love You
Szeretlek   
nakupenda   

Excuse Me
elnézést   
Samahani   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Csángó   
Kiunguja   

Where They Speak
Bacău County, Rumania   
Zanzibar island   

Dialect 2
Oberwart   
Kimrima   

Where They Speak
Austria   
Dar es Salaam   

Dialect 3
Székely   
Kimgao   

Where They Speak
Székely Land   
Kilwa   

Total No. Of Dialects
11   
11
12   
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
13.00 million   
99+
150.00 million   
13

Speaking Population
0.19 %   
99+
Not Available   

Native Speakers
13.00 million   
99+
15.00 million   
40

Second Language Speakers
0.07 million   
38
Not Available   

Native Name
magyar / magyar nyelv   
Not Available   

Alternative Names
Magyar   
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili   

French Name
hongrois   
swahili   

German Name
Ungarisch   
Swahili   

Pronunciation
[ˈmɒɟɒr]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Hungarians   
Swahili people or Waswahili   

History

Origin
1192 AD   
6th century   

Language Family
Uralic Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Finno-Ugric   
Benue-Congo   

Branch
Ugric   
Bantu   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Hungarian   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Modern Hungarian   
Swahili   

Language Position
66   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual, Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
hu   
sw   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hun   
swa   

ISO 639 2/B
hun   
swa   

ISO 639 3
hun   
swa   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
hung1274   
swah1254   

Linguasphere
ohu   
99-AUS-m   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic   
Not Available   

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Hungarian and Swahili Language History

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

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Hungarian and Swahili 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 Swahili greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Hungarian and Swahili language. Hungarian word for "Hello" is szia or Swahili word for "Thank You" is Asante. Find more of such common Hungarian Greetings and Swahili Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Hungarian vs Swahili Difficulty

The Hungarian vs Swahili difficulty level basically depends on the number of Hungarian Alphabets and Swahili 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 Swahili are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Hungarian and Swahili, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Hungarian is 44 weeks while to learn Swahili time required is 36 weeks.

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