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Hungarian vs Turkish


Turkish vs Hungarian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Hungary, Serbia, Vojvodina, Serbia  
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey  

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
11  
5

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

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

Speaking Continents
Africa, Europe  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Austria, Croatia, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania  

Regulated By
known, Research Institute for Linguistics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (Magyar Tudományos Akadémia Nyelvtudományi Intézete)  
Turkish Language Association  

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.
  
  • Turkish language oldest written records are found upon stone monuments in Central Asia, in Orhun, Yenisey and Talas regions.
  • Turkish language was developed in the Middle East, streching all the way to Eastern Europe.
  

Similar To
Mansi and Khanty Languages  
Azerbaijani Language  

Derived From
East and South Slavic Languages  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
40  
21
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
14  
11
8  
5

How Many Consonants
25  
15
21  
11

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  
Merhaba  

Thank You
köszönöm  
teşekkür ederim  

How Are You?
Hogy vagy?  
Nasılsın?  

Good Night
Jó Éjszakát  
İyi Geceler  

Good Evening
jó Estét  
İyi Akşamlar  

Good Afternoon
Jó Napot Kívánok  
Tünaydın  

Good Morning
jó Reggelt  
günaydın  

Please
Kérlek  
lütfen  

Sorry
bocsi  
üzgünüm  

Bye
viszlát  
Hoşçakal  

I Love You
Szeretlek  
Seni seviyorum  

Excuse Me
elnézést  
Afedersiniz  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Csángó  
Azerbaijani Turkish  

Where They Speak
Bacău County, Rumania  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
26,000,000.00  
9

Dialect 2
Oberwart  
Crimean Turkish  

Where They Speak
Austria  
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
480,000.00  
29

Dialect 3
Székely  
Gagauz  

Where They Speak
Székely Land  
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
140,000.00  
26

Total No. Of Dialects
11  
11
9  
9

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
13.00 million  
99+
75.00 million  
23

Speaking Population
0.19 %  
99+
0.95 %  
21

Native Speakers
13.00 million  
99+
60.00 million  
20

Second Language Speakers
0.07 million  
38
15.00 million  
18

Native Name
magyar / magyar nyelv  
Türkçe  

Alternative Names
Magyar  
Anatolian, Türkisch  

French Name
hongrois  
turc  

German Name
Ungarisch  
Türkisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈmɒɟɒr]  
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]  

Ethnicity
Hungarians  
Turkish  

History

Origin
1192 AD  
c. 1350  

Language Family
Uralic Family  
Turkic Family  

Subgroup
Finno-Ugric  
Turkic  

Branch
Ugric  
Southwestern(Oghuz)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Hungarian  
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish  

Standard Forms
Modern Hungarian  
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)  

Language Position
66  
99+
19  
17

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Turkish Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
hu  
tr  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hun  
tur  

ISO 639 2/B
hun  
tur  

ISO 639 3
hun  
tur  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
hung1274  
nucl1301  

Linguasphere
ohu  
44-AAB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic  
Synthetic  

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Hungarian and Turkish Language History

Comparison of Hungarian vs Turkish language history gives us differences between origin of Hungarian and Turkish language. History of Hungarian language states that this language originated in 1192 AD whereas history of Turkish language states that this language originated in c. 1350. 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 Turkish Language History.

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

Hungarian vs Turkish Difficulty

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

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