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Hungarian vs Japanese


Countries

Countries
Japan  
European Union, Hungary, Serbia, Vojvodina, Serbia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
5  
10

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

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

Speaking Continents
Asia, Pacific  
Africa, Europe  

Minority Language
Palau  
Austria, Croatia, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine  

Regulated By
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education  
known, Research Institute for Linguistics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (Magyar Tudományos Akadémia Nyelvtudományi Intézete)  

Interesting Facts
  • In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
  • There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  
  • 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
Korean Language  
Mansi and Khanty Languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
East and South Slavic Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
99  
40
40  
21

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
14  
11

How Many Consonants
14  
4
25  
15

Scripts
Kana  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
13
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)  
szia  

Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)  
köszönöm  

How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)  
Hogy vagy?  

Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)  
Jó Éjszakát  

Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)  
jó Estét  

Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)  
Jó Napot Kívánok  

Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)  
jó Reggelt  

Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)  
Kérlek  

Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)  
bocsi  

Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)  
viszlát  

I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)  
Szeretlek  

Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)  
elnézést  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Sanuki  
Csángó  

Where They Speak
Kagawa  
Bacău County, Rumania  

How Many People Speak
1,000,000.00  
28
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Hakata  
Oberwart  

Where They Speak
Fukuoka  
Austria  

Dialect 3
Kansai  
Székely  

Where They Speak
kansai  
Székely Land  

Total No. Of Dialects
31  
25
11  
11

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
128.00 million  
14
13.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
1.90 %  
10
0.19 %  
99+

Native Speakers
128.00 million  
9
13.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
0.07 million  
38

Native Name
日本語  
magyar / magyar nyelv  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
Magyar  

French Name
japonais  
hongrois  

German Name
Japanisch  
Ungarisch  

Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]  
[ˈmɒɟɒr]  

Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)  
Hungarians  

History

Origin
1185  
1192 AD  

Language Family
Japonic Family  
Uralic Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Finno-Ugric  

Branch
Not Available  
Ugric  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese  
Old Hungarian  

Standard Forms
Japanese  
Modern Hungarian  

Language Position
8  
8
66  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Japanese  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ja  
hu  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
jpn  
hun  

ISO 639 2/B
jpn  
hun  

ISO 639 3
jpn  
hun  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
nucl1643  
hung1274  

Linguasphere
45-CAA-a  
ohu  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic  
Agglutinative, Synthetic  

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Japanese and Hungarian Language History

Comparison of Japanese vs Hungarian language history gives us differences between origin of Japanese and Hungarian language. History of Japanese language states that this language originated in 1185 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 Japanese and Hungarian Language History.

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Japanese 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 Japanese and Hungarian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Japanese and Hungarian language. Japanese word for "Hello" is こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa) or Hungarian word for "Thank You" is köszönöm. Find more of such common Japanese Greetings and Hungarian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Japanese vs Hungarian Difficulty

The Japanese vs Hungarian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Japanese 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 Japanese and Hungarian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Japanese and Hungarian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Japanese is 88 weeks while to learn Hungarian time required is 44 weeks.

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