Countries
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia
  
European Union, Hungary, Serbia, Vojvodina, Serbia
  
National Language
Slovakia, Vojvodina, 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
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine
  
Austria, Croatia, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic
  
known, Research Institute for Linguistics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (Magyar Tudományos Akadémia Nyelvtudományi Intézete)
  
Interesting Facts
- Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
- Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
  
- 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 Language
  
Mansi and Khanty Languages
  
Derived From
Czech-Slovak Language
  
East and South Slavic Languages
  
Alphabets in
Slovak-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Hungarian-alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Ahoj
  
szia
  
Thank You
Ďakujem vám
  
köszönöm
  
How Are You?
Ako sa máte?
  
Hogy vagy?
  
Good Night
Dobrú noc
  
Jó Éjszakát
  
Good Evening
Dobrý večer
  
jó Estét
  
Good Afternoon
Dobré popoludnie
  
Jó Napot Kívánok
  
Good Morning
Dobré ráno
  
jó Reggelt
  
Please
Prosím
  
Kérlek
  
Sorry
Pardón!
  
bocsi
  
Bye
Dovidenia
  
viszlát
  
I Love You
Ľúbim Ťa
  
Szeretlek
  
Excuse Me
Prepáčte!
  
elnézést
  
Dialect 1
Eastern Slovak
  
Csángó
  
Where They Speak
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin
  
Bacău County, Rumania
  
Dialect 2
Central Slovak
  
Oberwart
  
Where They Speak
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec
  
Austria
  
Dialect 3
Western Slovak
  
Székely
  
Where They Speak
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie
  
Székely Land
  
How Many People Speak?
5.20 million
  
99+
13.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
5.20 million
  
99+
13.00 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
0.07 million
  
38
Native Name
slovenčina
  
magyar / magyar nyelv
  
Alternative Names
Slovakian, Slovencina
  
Magyar
  
French Name
slovaque
  
hongrois
  
German Name
Slowakisch
  
Ungarisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ˈmɒɟɒr]
  
Ethnicity
Slovaks
  
Hungarians
  
Origin
6th Century
  
1192 AD
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Uralic Family
  
Subgroup
Slavic
  
Finno-Ugric
  
Branch
Western
  
Ugric
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Slavic
  
Old Hungarian
  
Standard Forms
Slovak
  
Modern Hungarian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sk
  
hu
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
slk
  
hun
  
ISO 639 2/B
slo
  
hun
  
ISO 639 3
slk
  
hun
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
slov1269
  
hung1274
  
Linguasphere
53-AAA-db
  
ohu
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Agglutinative, Synthetic
  
Slovak 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 Slovak and Hungarian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Slovak and Hungarian language. Slovak word for "Hello" is Ahoj or Hungarian word for "Thank You" is köszönöm. Find more of such common Slovak Greetings and Hungarian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Slovak vs Hungarian Difficulty
The Slovak vs Hungarian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Slovak 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 Slovak and Hungarian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Slovak and Hungarian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Slovak is 44 weeks while to learn Hungarian time required is 44 weeks.