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Serbian vs Hungarian


Hungarian vs Serbian


Countries

Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia  
European Union, Hungary, Serbia, Vojvodina, Serbia  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
5  
10

National Language
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia  
Austria, Gambia, Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
United States of America  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Africa, Europe  

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

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

Interesting Facts
  • Serbian language was derived from the Old Church Salvic, as the language was commonly spoken by most of Slavic people in the 9th Century.
  • Serbian language is based on Stokavian dialect.
  
  • 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
Bosnian and Croatian Languages  
Mansi and Khanty Languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
East and South Slavic Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
40  
21

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
14  
11

How Many Consonants
25  
15
25  
15

Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)  
szia  

Thank You
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)  
köszönöm  

How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)  
Hogy vagy?  

Good Night
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)  
Jó Éjszakát  

Good Evening
Добро вече (Dobro veče)  
jó Estét  

Good Afternoon
Добар дан (Dobar dan)  
Jó Napot Kívánok  

Good Morning
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)  
jó Reggelt  

Please
Молим (Molim)  
Kérlek  

Sorry
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)  
bocsi  

Bye
Довиђења (Doviđenja)  
viszlát  

I Love You
Волим те (Volim te)  
Szeretlek  

Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)  
elnézést  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Prizren-Timok  
Csángó  

Where They Speak
Southeastern Serbia  
Bacău County, Rumania  

Dialect 2
Smederevo–Vršac  
Oberwart  

Where They Speak
Serbia  
Austria  

Dialect 3
Torlakian  
Székely  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia  
Székely Land  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
17
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
11  
11

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
8.70 million  
99+
13.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.19 %  
99+

Native Speakers
8.70 million  
99+
13.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
0.07 million  
38

Native Name
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)  
magyar / magyar nyelv  

Alternative Names
Montenegrin  
Magyar  

French Name
serbe  
hongrois  

German Name
Serbisch  
Ungarisch  

Pronunciation
[sr̩̂pskiː]  
[ˈmɒɟɒr]  

Ethnicity
Serbs  
Hungarians  

History

Origin
11th Century  
1192 AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Uralic Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Finno-Ugric  

Branch
Not Available  
Ugric  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Hungarian  

Standard Forms
Standard Serbian  
Modern Hungarian  

Language Position
44  
33
66  
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sr  
hu  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
srp  
hun  

ISO 639 2/B
srp  
hun  

ISO 639 3
srp  
hun  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
serb1264  
hung1274  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-g  
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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Serbian and Hungarian Language History

Comparison of Serbian vs Hungarian language history gives us differences between origin of Serbian and Hungarian language. History of Serbian language states that this language originated in 11th 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 Serbian and Hungarian Language History.

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

Serbian vs Hungarian Difficulty

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

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