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Hungarian vs Portuguese


Countries

Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe  
European Union, Hungary, Serbia, Vojvodina, Serbia  

Total No. Of Countries
10  
6
5  
10

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

Second Language
United States of America  
United States of America  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America  
Africa, Europe  

Minority Language
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America  
Austria, Croatia, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine  

Regulated By
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras  
known, Research Institute for Linguistics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (Magyar Tudományos Akadémia Nyelvtudományi Intézete)  

Interesting Facts
  • Portuguese language has absorbed many words from French, Italian, Arabic and also from indigenous South American and African languages.
  • The first written document in Portuguese language was found in the 12th century.
  
  • 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
Spanish and Galician Languages  
Mansi and Khanty Languages  

Derived From
Latin  
East and South Slavic Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
23  
5
40  
21

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
14  
11

How Many Consonants
19  
9
25  
15

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Olá  
szia  

Thank You
obrigado  
köszönöm  

How Are You?
Como você está?  
Hogy vagy?  

Good Night
boa noite  
Jó Éjszakát  

Good Evening
boa Noite  
jó Estét  

Good Afternoon
boa Tarde  
Jó Napot Kívánok  

Good Morning
bom Dia  
jó Reggelt  

Please
Por Favor  
Kérlek  

Sorry
pesaroso  
bocsi  

Bye
tchau  
viszlát  

I Love You
Eu te amo  
Szeretlek  

Excuse Me
desculpe me  
elnézést  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese  
Csángó  

Where They Speak
Brazil  
Bacău County, Rumania  

How Many People Speak
204,000,000.00  
4
Not Available  

Dialect 2
European Portuguese  
Oberwart  

Where They Speak
Portugal  
Austria  

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

Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole  
Székely  

Where They Speak
Daman and Diu  
Székely Land  

How Many People Speak
4,000.00  
36
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
26  
22
11  
11

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
231.00 million  
7
13.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
3.27 %  
7
0.19 %  
99+

Native Speakers
216.00 million  
5
13.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million  
18
0.07 million  
38

Native Name
Português  
magyar / magyar nyelv  

Alternative Names
Português  
Magyar  

French Name
portugais  
hongrois  

German Name
Portugiesisch  
Ungarisch  

Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]  
[ˈmɒɟɒr]  

Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses  
Hungarians  

History

Origin
3rd Century  
1192 AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Uralic Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
Finno-Ugric  

Branch
Not Available  
Ugric  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Medieval Galician  
Old Hungarian  

Standard Forms
Portuguese  
Modern Hungarian  

Language Position
6  
6
66  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
pt  
hu  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
por  
hun  

ISO 639 2/B
por  
hun  

ISO 639 3
por  
hun  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
port1283  
hung1274  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-a  
ohu  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Agglutinative, Synthetic  

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Portuguese and Hungarian Language History

Comparison of Portuguese vs Hungarian language history gives us differences between origin of Portuguese and Hungarian language. History of Portuguese language states that this language originated in 3rd 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 Portuguese and Hungarian Language History.

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

Portuguese vs Hungarian Difficulty

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

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