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Hungarian vs Ukrainian


Ukrainian vs Hungarian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Hungary, Serbia, Vojvodina, Serbia   
Ukraine   

Total No. Of Countries
5   
10
1   
14

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

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   
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia   

Regulated By
known, Research Institute for Linguistics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (Magyar Tudományos Akadémia Nyelvtudományi Intézete)   
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Institute for the Ukrainian Language   

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.
  
  • Ukrainian Language is second most widespread among the Slavic languages after the Russian Language.
  • Ukrainian Language is among the top three most melodious language in the world.
  

Similar To
Mansi and Khanty Languages   
Russian and Belarusian Languages   

Derived From
East and South Slavic Languages   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
40   
21
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
14   
11
6   
3

How Many Consonants
25   
15
22   
12

Scripts
Latin   
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
szia   
Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte)   

Thank You
köszönöm   
Дякую (Dyakuyu)   

How Are You?
Hogy vagy?   
Як ти поживаєш? (Jak ty požyvajesh?)   

Good Night
Jó Éjszakát   
На добраніч (Na dobranič)   

Good Evening
jó Estét   
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)   

Good Afternoon
Jó Napot Kívánok   
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)   

Good Morning
jó Reggelt   
Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)   

Please
Kérlek   
будь ласк   

Sorry
bocsi   
вибачте (vybachte)   

Bye
viszlát   
до побачення (do pobachennya)   

I Love You
Szeretlek   
я тебе люблю (ya tebe lyublyu)   

Excuse Me
elnézést   
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Csángó   
Podillian   

Where They Speak
Bacău County, Rumania   
North Odessa Oblast, South Khmelnytskyi, South Vinnytsia   

Dialect 2
Oberwart   
Volynian   

Where They Speak
Austria   
Rivne, Volyn   

Dialect 3
Székely   
Steppe   

Where They Speak
Székely Land   
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine   

Total No. Of Dialects
11   
11
15   
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
13.00 million   
99+
39.00 million   
32

Speaking Population
0.19 %   
99+
0.46 %   
30

Native Speakers
13.00 million   
99+
39.00 million   
25

Second Language Speakers
0.07 million   
38
Not Available   

Native Name
magyar / magyar nyelv   
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)   

Alternative Names
Magyar   
Not Available   

French Name
hongrois   
ukrainien   

German Name
Ungarisch   
Ukrainisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈmɒɟɒr]   
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]   

Ethnicity
Hungarians   
Ukrainians   

History

Origin
1192 AD   
1561   

Language Family
Uralic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Finno-Ugric   
Slavic   

Branch
Ugric   
Eastern   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Hungarian   
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian   

Standard Forms
Modern Hungarian   
Modern Ukrainian   

Language Position
66   
99+
26   
22

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Ukrainian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
hu   
uk   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hun   
ukr   

ISO 639 2/B
hun   
ukr   

ISO 639 3
hun   
ukr   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
hung1274   
ukra1253   

Linguasphere
ohu   
53-AAA-eda to 53-AAA-edq   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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Hungarian and Ukrainian Language History

Comparison of Hungarian vs Ukrainian language history gives us differences between origin of Hungarian and Ukrainian language. History of Hungarian language states that this language originated in 1192 AD whereas history of Ukrainian language states that this language originated in 1561. 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 Ukrainian Language History.

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

Hungarian vs Ukrainian Difficulty

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

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