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Hungarian vs Swedish


Swedish vs Hungarian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Hungary, Serbia, Vojvodina, Serbia   
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden   

Total No. Of Countries
5   
10
4   
11

National Language
Austria, Gambia, Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine   
Sweden   

Second Language
United States of America   
Finland   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Europe   
Antartica, Europe   

Minority Language
Austria, Croatia, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine   
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America   

Regulated By
known, Research Institute for Linguistics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (Magyar Tudományos Akadémia Nyelvtudományi Intézete)   
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council   

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.
  
  • In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
  • Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  

Similar To
Mansi and Khanty Languages   
Norwegian and Danish Language   

Derived From
East and South Slavic Languages   
Old Norse Language   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Hungarian-alphabets.jpg#200   
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
40   
21
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
14   
11
9   
6

How Many Consonants
25   
15
18   
8

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
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
szia   
hej   

Thank You
köszönöm   
tacka dig   

How Are You?
Hogy vagy?   
hur mår du   

Good Night
Jó Éjszakát   
godnatt   

Good Evening
jó Estét   
god kväll   

Good Afternoon
Jó Napot Kívánok   
god eftermiddag   

Good Morning
jó Reggelt   
god morgon   

Please
Kérlek   
vänligen   

Sorry
bocsi   
ledsen   

Bye
viszlát   
hej då   

I Love You
Szeretlek   
jag älskar dig   

Excuse Me
elnézést   
ursäkta mig   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Csángó   
Dialects   

Where They Speak
Bacău County, Rumania   
Gabon   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
78,000,000.00   
6

Dialect 2
Oberwart   
Dialects   

Where They Speak
Austria   
Georgia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
78,000,000.00   
2

Dialect 3
Székely   
Dialects   

Where They Speak
Székely Land   
France   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
96,000,000.00   
1

Total No. Of Dialects
11   
11
79   
33

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.19 %   
99+
0.13 %   
99+

Native Speakers
13.00 million   
99+
8.70 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
0.07 million   
38
5.00 million   
29

Native Name
magyar / magyar nyelv   
Svenska   

Alternative Names
Magyar   
Ruotsi, Svenska   

French Name
hongrois   
suédois   

German Name
Ungarisch   
Schwedisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈmɒɟɒr]   
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]   

Ethnicity
Hungarians   
Swedes, Finland Swedes   

History

Origin
1192 AD   
13th Century   

Language Family
Uralic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Finno-Ugric   
Germanic   

Branch
Ugric   
Northern (Scandinavian)   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Hungarian   
Old Swedish   

Standard Forms
Modern Hungarian   
Standard Swedish   

Language Position
66   
99+
89   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
hu   
sv   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hun   
swe   

ISO 639 2/B
hun   
swe   

ISO 639 3
hun   
swe   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
hung1274   
swed1254   

Linguasphere
ohu   
52-AAA-ck to -cw   

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 Swedish Language History

Comparison of Hungarian vs Swedish language history gives us differences between origin of Hungarian and Swedish language. History of Hungarian language states that this language originated in 1192 AD whereas history of Swedish language states that this language originated in 13th 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 Swedish Language History.

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

Hungarian vs Swedish Difficulty

The Hungarian vs Swedish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Hungarian Alphabets and Swedish 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 Swedish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Hungarian and Swedish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Hungarian is 44 weeks while to learn Swedish time required is 24 weeks.

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