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Hungarian vs Tamil


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Countries

Countries
European Union, Hungary, Serbia, Vojvodina, Serbia   
Malaysia, Mauritius, Puducherry, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu   

Total No. Of Countries
5   
10
6   
9

National Language
Austria, Gambia, Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine   
Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu   

Second Language
United States of America   
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, kerala, Puducherry   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Europe   
Asia   

Minority Language
Austria, Croatia, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine   
Canada, Malaysia, Mauritius, Reunion, Seychelles   

Regulated By
known, Research Institute for Linguistics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (Magyar Tudományos Akadémia Nyelvtudományi Intézete)   
Official language Commission of Government of Tamil Nadu, Thanjavur Tamil University   

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.
  
  • Tamil is the oldest language in the world. Tamil was spoken in South India more than 5000 years ago.
  • The first legally recognized Classical Language of India is Tamil.
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Similar To
Mansi and Khanty Languages   
Malayalam   

Derived From
East and South Slavic Languages   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
40   
21
247   
99+

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
14   
11
12   
9

How Many Consonants
25   
15
18   
8

Scripts
Latin   
Tamil   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
szia   
வணக்கம் (Vanakkam)   

Thank You
köszönöm   
நன்றி (Naṉṟi)   

How Are You?
Hogy vagy?   
நீங்கள் எப்படி இருக்கிறீர்கள்? (Nīṅkaḷ eppaṭi irukkiṟīrkaḷ?)   

Good Night
Jó Éjszakát   
நல்ல இரவு (Good night) / irravu vanakkam (Good night)   

Good Evening
jó Estét   
நல்ல மாலை (Nalla mālai)/ மாலை (irravu vanakkam)   

Good Afternoon
Jó Napot Kívánok   
பிற்பகல் வணக்கம் (perpagal vanakkam)   

Good Morning
jó Reggelt   
காலை வணக்கம் (Kaalai Vanakkam)   

Please
Kérlek   
தயவு (Tayavu)   

Sorry
bocsi   
மன்னிக்கவும் (Maṉṉikkavum)   

Bye
viszlát   
சென்று வருகிறேன் (Sendru Varukiren)   

I Love You
Szeretlek   
நான் உன்னை காதலிக்கிறேன் (Naan Unnai Kadalikiren)   

Excuse Me
elnézést   
என்னை மன்னியுங்கள் (Eṉṉai maṉṉiyuṅkaḷ)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Csángó   
Kongu   

Where They Speak
Bacău County, Rumania   
Kongu   

Dialect 2
Oberwart   
Madurai Tamil   

Where They Speak
Austria   
Madurai, South Tamil Nadu   

Dialect 3
Székely   
Tirunelveli Tamil   

Where They Speak
Székely Land   
South Tamil Nadu, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli   

Total No. Of Dialects
11   
11
10   
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
13.00 million   
99+
78.00 million   
21

Speaking Population
0.19 %   
99+
1.06 %   
19

Native Speakers
13.00 million   
99+
70.00 million   
15

Second Language Speakers
0.07 million   
38
8.00 million   
24

Native Name
magyar / magyar nyelv   
தமிழ்   

Alternative Names
Magyar   
Damulian, Tamal, Tamalsan, Tambul, Tamili   

French Name
hongrois   
tamoul   

German Name
Ungarisch   
Tamil   

Pronunciation
[ˈmɒɟɒr]   
[t̪ɐmɨɻ]   

Ethnicity
Hungarians   
Tamil people or Tamilans   

History

Origin
1192 AD   
300 BC   

Language Family
Uralic Family   
Dravidian Family   

Subgroup
Finno-Ugric   
Not Available   

Branch
Ugric   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Hungarian   
Old Tamil and Middle Tamil   

Standard Forms
Modern Hungarian   
Modern Tamil   

Language Position
66   
99+
18   
16

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Tamil   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
hu   
ta   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hun   
tam   

ISO 639 2/B
hun   
tam   

ISO 639 3
hun   
tam   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
tam   

Glottocode
hung1274   
tami1289, oldt1248   

Linguasphere
ohu   
tami1289   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic   
Not Available   

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Hungarian and Tamil Language History

Comparison of Hungarian vs Tamil language history gives us differences between origin of Hungarian and Tamil language. History of Hungarian language states that this language originated in 1192 AD whereas history of Tamil language states that this language originated in 300 BC. 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 Tamil Language History.

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

Hungarian vs Tamil Difficulty

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

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