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Romanian vs Hungarian


Hungarian vs Romanian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine  
European Union, Hungary, Serbia, Vojvodina, Serbia  

Total No. Of Countries
6  
9
5  
10

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

Second Language
Kazakhstan, Russia  
United States of America  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Africa, Europe  

Minority Language
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine  
Austria, Croatia, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine  

Regulated By
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li  
known, Research Institute for Linguistics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (Magyar Tudományos Akadémia Nyelvtudományi Intézete)  

Interesting Facts
  • Romanian language has distinct type of grammar and phonology compared to other Romance languages.
  • The earliest text of Romance language was found in the year 1521.
  
  • 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
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.  
Mansi and Khanty Languages  

Derived From
Latin  
East and South Slavic Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
31  
13
40  
21

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
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
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
alo  
szia  

Thank You
multumesc  
köszönöm  

How Are You?
ce mai faci?  
Hogy vagy?  

Good Night
noapte Buna  
Jó Éjszakát  

Good Evening
buna Seara  
jó Estét  

Good Afternoon
buna Ziua  
Jó Napot Kívánok  

Good Morning
bună Dimineața  
jó Reggelt  

Please
Vă Rog  
Kérlek  

Sorry
scuze  
bocsi  

Bye
La revedere  
viszlát  

I Love You
Te iubesc  
Szeretlek  

Excuse Me
Scuza-Ma  
elnézést  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Aromanian  
Csángó  

Where They Speak
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey  
Bacău County, Rumania  

How Many People Speak
250,000.00  
38
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Megleno-Romanian  
Oberwart  

Where They Speak
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey  
Austria  

How Many People Speak
5,000.00  
99+
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Istro-Romanian  
Székely  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
Székely Land  

How Many People Speak
1,400.00  
37
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
10  
10
11  
11

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million  
38
13.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.37 %  
35
0.19 %  
99+

Native Speakers
24.00 million  
33
13.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
4.00 million  
30
0.07 million  
38

Native Name
Română  
magyar / magyar nyelv  

Alternative Names
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian  
Magyar  

French Name
roumain; moldave  
hongrois  

German Name
Rumänisch  
Ungarisch  

Pronunciation
[roˈmɨnə]  
[ˈmɒɟɒr]  

Ethnicity
Romanians  
Hungarians  

History

Origin
1521  
1192 AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Uralic Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Finno-Ugric  

Branch
Not Available  
Ugric  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Romanian  
Old Hungarian  

Standard Forms
Romanian  
Modern Hungarian  

Language Position
36  
28
66  
99+

Signed Forms
Romanian Sign Language  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ro  
hu  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ron  
hun  

ISO 639 2/B
rum  
hun  

ISO 639 3
ron  
hun  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
roma1327  
hung1274  

Linguasphere
51-AAD-c  
ohu  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Agglutinative, Synthetic  

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Romanian and Hungarian Language History

Comparison of Romanian vs Hungarian language history gives us differences between origin of Romanian and Hungarian language. History of Romanian language states that this language originated in 1521 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 Romanian and Hungarian Language History.

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

Romanian vs Hungarian Difficulty

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

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