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Hungarian vs Korean


Countries

Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian   
European Union, Hungary, Serbia, Vojvodina, Serbia   

Total No. Of Countries
5   
10
5   
10

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

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

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Africa, Europe   

Minority Language
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America   
Austria, Croatia, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine   

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

Interesting Facts
  • Korean has borrowed words from English and Chinese.
  • Korean has two counting systems. First, is based on Chinese characters and numbers are similar to Chinese numbers, and second counting system is from words unique to Korea.
  
  • 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
Chinese and Japanese languages   
Mansi and Khanty Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
East and South Slavic Languages   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
40   
21
40   
21

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
21   
18
14   
11

How Many Consonants
19   
9
25   
15

Scripts
Hangul   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)   
szia   

Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)   
köszönöm   

How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)   
Hogy vagy?   

Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)   
Jó Éjszakát   

Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)   
jó Estét   

Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)   
Jó Napot Kívánok   

Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)   
jó Reggelt   

Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)   
Kérlek   

Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)   
bocsi   

Bye
안녕 (annyeong)   
viszlát   

I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)   
Szeretlek   

Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)   
elnézést   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jeju   
Csángó   

Where They Speak
South Korea   
Bacău County, Rumania   

How Many People Speak
10,000.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Gyeongsang   
Oberwart   

Where They Speak
South Korea   
Austria   

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00   
9
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng   
Székely   

Where They Speak
China, North Korea   
Székely Land   

Total No. Of Dialects
12   
12
11   
11

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
77.00 million   
22
13.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
1.14 %   
16
0.19 %   
99+

Native Speakers
77.00 million   
12
13.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
0.07 million   
38

Native Name
한국어 (조선말)   
magyar / magyar nyelv   

Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh   
Magyar   

French Name
coréen   
hongrois   

German Name
Koreanisch   
Ungarisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ˈmɒɟɒr]   

Ethnicity
Koreans   
Hungarians   

History

Origin
Before 1st century   
1192 AD   

Language Family
Koreanic Family   
Uralic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Finno-Ugric   

Branch
Not Available   
Ugric   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean   
Old Hungarian   

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard   
Modern Hungarian   

Language Position
12   
11
66   
99+

Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ko   
hu   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kor   
hun   

ISO 639 2/B
kor   
hun   

ISO 639 3
Kor   
hun   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
kore1280   
hung1274   

Linguasphere
45-AAA   
ohu   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Agglutinative, Synthetic   

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Korean and Hungarian Language History

Comparison of Korean vs Hungarian language history gives us differences between origin of Korean and Hungarian language. History of Korean language states that this language originated in Before 1st century 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 Korean and Hungarian Language History.

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

Korean vs Hungarian Difficulty

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

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