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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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