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Hungarian vs Zulu


Zulu vs Hungarian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Hungary, Serbia, Vojvodina, Serbia   
South Africa   

Total No. Of Countries
5   
10
1   
14

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

Second Language
United States of America   
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe   

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)   
Pan South African Language Board   

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.
  
  • The meaning of word "Zulu" means "Sky"and Zulu was the name of the ancestor who founded the Zulu royal line in about 1670.
  • Zulu language has many loanwords borrowed from Afrikaans and English Languages.
  

Similar To
Mansi and Khanty Languages   
Xhosa Language   

Derived From
East and South Slavic Languages   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
40   
21
57   
34

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
14   
11
7   
4

How Many Consonants
25   
15
50   
35

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
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
szia   
Sawubona   

Thank You
köszönöm   
Ngiyabonga   

How Are You?
Hogy vagy?   
unjani   

Good Night
Jó Éjszakát   
okuhle ebusuku   

Good Evening
jó Estét   
okuhle kusihlwa   

Good Afternoon
Jó Napot Kívánok   
okuhle ntambama   

Good Morning
jó Reggelt   
okuhle ekuseni   

Please
Kérlek   
Ngiyacela   

Sorry
bocsi   
Ngiyaxolisa   

Bye
viszlát   
bye   

I Love You
Szeretlek   
Ngiyakuthanda wena   

Excuse Me
elnézést   
Uxolo   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Csángó   
Qwabe   

Where They Speak
Bacău County, Rumania   
Gabon, South Africa   

Dialect 2
Oberwart   
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu   

Where They Speak
Austria   
Georgia, South Africa   

Dialect 3
Székely   
Ndebele   

Where They Speak
Székely Land   
Zimbabwe   

Total No. Of Dialects
11   
11
4   
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
13.00 million   
99+
30.00 million   
36

Speaking Population
0.19 %   
99+
0.16 %   
99+

Native Speakers
13.00 million   
99+
12.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
0.07 million   
38
16.00 million   
17

Native Name
magyar / magyar nyelv   
isiZulu   

Alternative Names
Magyar   
Isizulu, Zunda   

French Name
hongrois   
zoulou   

German Name
Ungarisch   
Zulu-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[ˈmɒɟɒr]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Hungarians   
Zulu people   

History

Origin
1192 AD   
19   

Language Family
Uralic Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Finno-Ugric   
Benue-Congo   

Branch
Ugric   
Beatu   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Hungarian   
urban Zulu   

Standard Forms
Modern Hungarian   
Deep Zulu   

Language Position
66   
99+
87   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
hu   
zu   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hun   
zul   

ISO 639 2/B
hun   
zul   

ISO 639 3
hun   
zul   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
hung1274   
zulu1248   

Linguasphere
ohu   
99-AUT-fg   

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 Zulu Language History

Comparison of Hungarian vs Zulu language history gives us differences between origin of Hungarian and Zulu language. History of Hungarian language states that this language originated in 1192 AD whereas history of Zulu language states that this language originated in 19. 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 Zulu Language History.

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

Hungarian vs Zulu Difficulty

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

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