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Hungarian vs Russian


Countries

Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan  
European Union, Hungary, Serbia, Vojvodina, Serbia  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
5  
10

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

Second Language
Afganistan  
United States of America  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Africa, Europe  

Minority Language
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  
Austria, Croatia, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine  

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

Interesting Facts
  • In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
  • In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
  
  • 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
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages  
Mansi and Khanty Languages  

Derived From
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary  
East and South Slavic Languages  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
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Hungarian-alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
33  
15
40  
21

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
14  
11

How Many Consonants
21  
11
25  
15

Scripts
Cyrillic  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)  
szia  

Thank You
спасибо(spasibo)  
köszönöm  

How Are You?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)  
Hogy vagy?  

Good Night
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)  
Jó Éjszakát  

Good Evening
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)  
jó Estét  

Good Afternoon
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')  
Jó Napot Kívánok  

Good Morning
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)  
jó Reggelt  

Please
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)  
Kérlek  

Sorry
Извините(Izvinite)  
bocsi  

Bye
до свидания(do svidaniya)  
viszlát  

I Love You
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)  
Szeretlek  

Excuse Me
извините(izvinite)  
elnézést  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian  
Csángó  

Where They Speak
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan  
Bacău County, Rumania  

How Many People Speak
30,000.00  
99+
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Olonets  
Oberwart  

Where They Speak
Olonets  
Austria  

Dialect 3
Novgorod  
Székely  

Where They Speak
Novgorod  
Székely Land  

Total No. Of Dialects
13  
13
11  
11

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
276.00 million  
6
13.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
2.33 %  
9
0.19 %  
99+

Native Speakers
166.00 million  
8
13.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
110.00 million  
7
0.07 million  
38

Native Name
Русский  
magyar / magyar nyelv  

Alternative Names
Russki  
Magyar  

French Name
russe  
hongrois  

German Name
Russisch  
Ungarisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]  
[ˈmɒɟɒr]  

Ethnicity
Russians  
Hungarians  

History

Origin
1000 AD  
1192 AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family  
Uralic Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
Finno-Ugric  

Branch
Eastern  
Ugric  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic  
Old Hungarian  

Standard Forms
Standard Russian  
Modern Hungarian  

Language Position
7  
7
66  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Russian  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ru  
hu  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
rus  
hun  

ISO 639 2/B
rus  
hun  

ISO 639 3
rus  
hun  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
russ1263  
hung1274  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-ea  
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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Russian and Hungarian Language History

Comparison of Russian vs Hungarian language history gives us differences between origin of Russian and Hungarian language. History of Russian language states that this language originated in 1000 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 Russian and Hungarian Language History.

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

Russian vs Hungarian Difficulty

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

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