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Hungarian vs Norwegian


Countries

Countries
Norway  
European Union, Hungary, Serbia, Vojvodina, Serbia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
5  
10

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

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

Speaking Continents
Europe, South America  
Africa, Europe  

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

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

Interesting Facts
  • Bergen is one of the Norwegian dialect which has only two genders: common and neuter.
  • Since Norwegian language uses pitch accents, it has musical quality and are sometimes employed to distinguish the meanings of homonyms.
  
  • 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
Swedish and Danish Languages  
Mansi and Khanty Languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
East and South Slavic Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
40  
21

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
14  
11

How Many Consonants
20  
10
25  
15

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
hallo  
szia  

Thank You
takk  
köszönöm  

How Are You?
hvordan har du det?  
Hogy vagy?  

Good Night
god natt  
Jó Éjszakát  

Good Evening
god kveld  
jó Estét  

Good Afternoon
god ettermiddag  
Jó Napot Kívánok  

Good Morning
god morgen  
jó Reggelt  

Please
Vær så snill  
Kérlek  

Sorry
unnskyld  
bocsi  

Bye
ha det  
viszlát  

I Love You
Jeg Elsker Deg  
Szeretlek  

Excuse Me
unnskyld meg  
elnézést  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jamtlandic  
Csángó  

Where They Speak
Jamtland,Harjedalen  
Bacău County, Rumania  

How Many People Speak
30,000.00  
99+
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Sognamål  
Oberwart  

Where They Speak
Sogn  
Austria  

Dialect 3
Hallingmål-Valdris  
Székely  

Where They Speak
Hallingdal, Valdres  
Székely Land  

Total No. Of Dialects
19  
17
11  
11

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
5.00 million  
99+
13.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.19 %  
99+

Native Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
13.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
0.07 million  
38

Native Name
Norsk  
magyar / magyar nyelv  

Alternative Names
Norsk  
Magyar  

French Name
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien  
hongrois  

German Name
Nynorsk  
Ungarisch  

Pronunciation
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian) [nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)  
[ˈmɒɟɒr]  

Ethnicity
Norwegians  
Hungarians  

History

Origin
c. 1300 AD  
1192 AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Uralic Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
Finno-Ugric  

Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)  
Ugric  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian  
Old Hungarian  

Standard Forms
Nynorsk, Bokmål  
Modern Hungarian  

Language Position
Not Available  
66  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Norwegian  
Not Available  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
no  
hu  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nor  
hun  

ISO 639 2/B
nor  
hun  

ISO 639 3
nor  
hun  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
norw1258  
hung1274  

Linguasphere
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg  
ohu  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Agglutinative, Synthetic  

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Norwegian and Hungarian Language History

Comparison of Norwegian vs Hungarian language history gives us differences between origin of Norwegian and Hungarian language. History of Norwegian language states that this language originated in c. 1300 AD 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 Norwegian and Hungarian Language History.

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

Norwegian vs Hungarian Difficulty

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

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