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Polish vs Hungarian


Hungarian vs Polish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Poland  
European Union, Hungary, Serbia, Vojvodina, Serbia  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
5  
10

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

Second Language
Belarus, Czech Republic, England, Lithuania, Slovakia, Ukraine  
United States of America  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Africa, Europe  

Minority Language
Belarus, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Ukraine  
Austria, Croatia, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine  

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

Interesting Facts
  • Polish Language has many loanwords from Russian, Czech, French, Italian, Hebrew and German Languages.
  • The earliest writings found in polish language was list of persons and place names, is dated to 1136.
  
  • 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
Czech, Slovak, Serbian Languages  
Mansi and Khanty Languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
East and South Slavic Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32  
14
40  
21

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
14  
11

How Many Consonants
23  
13
25  
15

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
cześć  
szia  

Thank You
dziękuję  
köszönöm  

How Are You?
Jak się masz?  
Hogy vagy?  

Good Night
dobranoc  
Jó Éjszakát  

Good Evening
dobry wieczór  
jó Estét  

Good Afternoon
dzień dobry  
Jó Napot Kívánok  

Good Morning
Dzień dobry  
jó Reggelt  

Please
proszę  
Kérlek  

Sorry
Przepraszam  
bocsi  

Bye
do widzenia  
viszlát  

I Love You
kocham Cię  
Szeretlek  

Excuse Me
przepraszam  
elnézést  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kashubian  
Csángó  

Where They Speak
Poland  
Bacău County, Rumania  

How Many People Speak
108,000.00  
99+
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Masovian  
Oberwart  

Where They Speak
Poland  
Austria  

Dialect 3
Silesian  
Székely  

Where They Speak
Czech Republic, Poland  
Székely Land  

How Many People Speak
510,000.00  
22
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
34  
27
11  
11

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
40.00 million  
31
13.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.61 %  
25
0.19 %  
99+

Native Speakers
40.00 million  
24
13.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
0.07 million  
38

Native Name
Polski  
magyar / magyar nyelv  

Alternative Names
Polnisch, Polski  
Magyar  

French Name
polonais  
hongrois  

German Name
Polnisch  
Ungarisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈpɔlski]  
[ˈmɒɟɒr]  

Ethnicity
Poles  
Hungarians  

History

Origin
1270  
1192 AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Uralic Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
Finno-Ugric  

Branch
Western  
Ugric  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Polish and Middle Polish  
Old Hungarian  

Standard Forms
Polish  
Modern Hungarian  

Language Position
24  
20
66  
99+

Signed Forms
System Językowo-Migowy (SJM) (Signed Polish)  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
pl  
hu  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
pol  
hun  

ISO 639 2/B
pol  
hun  

ISO 639 3
pol  
hun  

ISO 639 6
pols  
Not Available  

Glottocode
poli1260  
hung1274  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-cc  
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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Polish and Hungarian Language History

Comparison of Polish vs Hungarian language history gives us differences between origin of Polish and Hungarian language. History of Polish language states that this language originated in 1270 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 Polish and Hungarian Language History.

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

Polish vs Hungarian Difficulty

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

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