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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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