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Hungarian vs Italian


Countries

Countries
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City   
European Union, Hungary, Serbia, Vojvodina, Serbia   

Total No. Of Countries
7   
8
5   
10

National Language
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City   
Austria, Gambia, Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine   

Second Language
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia   
United States of America   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Africa, Europe   

Minority Language
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia   
Austria, Croatia, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine   

Regulated By
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)   
known, Research Institute for Linguistics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (Magyar Tudományos Akadémia Nyelvtudományi Intézete)   

Interesting Facts
  • One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
  • Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
French and Portuguese Languages   
Mansi and Khanty Languages   

Derived From
Latin   
East and South Slavic Languages   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21   
3
40   
21

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
14   
11

How Many Consonants
16   
6
25   
15

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
24 weeks   
6
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
ciao   
szia   

Thank You
grazie   
köszönöm   

How Are You?
Come stai?   
Hogy vagy?   

Good Night
buonanotte   
Jó Éjszakát   

Good Evening
buonasera   
jó Estét   

Good Afternoon
buon pomeriggio   
Jó Napot Kívánok   

Good Morning
buongiorno   
jó Reggelt   

Please
Per Favore   
Kérlek   

Sorry
scusate   
bocsi   

Bye
arrivederci   
viszlát   

I Love You
Ti amo   
Szeretlek   

Excuse Me
Scusami   
elnézést   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Romanesco   
Csángó   

Where They Speak
Lazio   
Bacău County, Rumania   

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00   
21
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Central Italian   
Oberwart   

Where They Speak
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria   
Austria   

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00   
14
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Tuscan   
Székely   

Where They Speak
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria   
Székely Land   

Total No. Of Dialects
15   
14
11   
11

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.90 %   
22
0.19 %   
99+

Native Speakers
64.00 million   
18
13.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
14.00 million   
20
0.07 million   
38

Native Name
Italiano   
magyar / magyar nyelv   

Alternative Names
Italiano   
Magyar   

French Name
italien   
hongrois   

German Name
Italienisch   
Ungarisch   

Pronunciation
[itaˈljaːno]   
[ˈmɒɟɒr]   

Ethnicity
Italians   
Hungarians   

History

Origin
960 BC   
1192 AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Uralic Family   

Subgroup
Romance   
Finno-Ugric   

Branch
Not Available   
Ugric   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Hungarian   

Standard Forms
Italian   
Modern Hungarian   

Language Position
27   
23
66   
99+

Signed Forms
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
it   
hu   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ita   
hun   

ISO 639 2/B
ita   
hun   

ISO 639 3
ita   
hun   

ISO 639 6
itas   
Not Available   

Glottocode
ital1282   
hung1274   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-q   
ohu   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Agglutinative, Synthetic   

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Italian and Hungarian Language History

Comparison of Italian vs Hungarian language history gives us differences between origin of Italian and Hungarian language. History of Italian language states that this language originated in 960 BC whereas history of Hungarian language states that this language originated in 1192 AD. 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 Italian and Hungarian Language History.

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

Italian vs Hungarian Difficulty

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

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