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Hungarian vs Swedish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden   
European Union, Hungary, Serbia, Vojvodina, Serbia   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
5   
10

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

Second Language
Finland   
United States of America   

Speaking Continents
Antartica, Europe   
Africa, Europe   

Minority Language
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America   
Austria, Croatia, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine   

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

Interesting Facts
  • In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
  • Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  
  • 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
Norwegian and Danish Language   
Mansi and Khanty Languages   

Derived From
Old Norse Language   
East and South Slavic Languages   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200   
Hungarian-alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
29   
11
40   
21

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
14   
11

How Many Consonants
18   
8
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
hej   
szia   

Thank You
tacka dig   
köszönöm   

How Are You?
hur mår du   
Hogy vagy?   

Good Night
godnatt   
Jó Éjszakát   

Good Evening
god kväll   
jó Estét   

Good Afternoon
god eftermiddag   
Jó Napot Kívánok   

Good Morning
god morgon   
jó Reggelt   

Please
vänligen   
Kérlek   

Sorry
ledsen   
bocsi   

Bye
hej då   
viszlát   

I Love You
jag älskar dig   
Szeretlek   

Excuse Me
ursäkta mig   
elnézést   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Dialects   
Csángó   

Where They Speak
Gabon   
Bacău County, Rumania   

How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00   
6
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Dialects   
Oberwart   

Where They Speak
Georgia   
Austria   

How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00   
2
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Dialects   
Székely   

Where They Speak
France   
Székely Land   

How Many People Speak
96,000,000.00   
1
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
79   
33
11   
11

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.13 %   
99+
0.19 %   
99+

Native Speakers
8.70 million   
99+
13.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million   
29
0.07 million   
38

Native Name
Svenska   
magyar / magyar nyelv   

Alternative Names
Ruotsi, Svenska   
Magyar   

French Name
suédois   
hongrois   

German Name
Schwedisch   
Ungarisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]   
[ˈmɒɟɒr]   

Ethnicity
Swedes, Finland Swedes   
Hungarians   

History

Origin
13th Century   
1192 AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Uralic Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Finno-Ugric   

Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)   
Ugric   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Swedish   
Old Hungarian   

Standard Forms
Standard Swedish   
Modern Hungarian   

Language Position
89   
99+
66   
99+

Signed Forms
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
sv   
hu   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
swe   
hun   

ISO 639 2/B
swe   
hun   

ISO 639 3
swe   
hun   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
swed1254   
hung1274   

Linguasphere
52-AAA-ck to -cw   
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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Swedish and Hungarian Language History

Comparison of Swedish vs Hungarian language history gives us differences between origin of Swedish and Hungarian language. History of Swedish language states that this language originated in 13th 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 Swedish and Hungarian Language History.

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

Swedish vs Hungarian Difficulty

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

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