Countries
Malaysia, Mauritius, Puducherry, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
  
European Union, Hungary, Serbia, Vojvodina, Serbia
  
National Language
Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
  
Austria, Gambia, Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine
  
Second Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, kerala, Puducherry
  
United States of America
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa, Europe
  
Minority Language
Canada, Malaysia, Mauritius, Reunion, Seychelles
  
Austria, Croatia, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Official language Commission of Government of Tamil Nadu, Thanjavur Tamil University
  
known, Research Institute for Linguistics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (Magyar Tudományos Akadémia Nyelvtudományi Intézete)
  
Interesting Facts
- Tamil is the oldest language in the world. Tamil was spoken in South India more than 5000 years ago.
- The first legally recognized Classical Language of India is Tamil.
- 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
Malayalam
  
Mansi and Khanty Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
East and South Slavic Languages
  
Alphabets in
Tamil-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Hungarian-alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Tamil
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
வணக்கம் (Vanakkam)
  
szia
  
Thank You
நன்றி (Naṉṟi)
  
köszönöm
  
How Are You?
நீங்கள் எப்படி இருக்கிறீர்கள்? (Nīṅkaḷ eppaṭi irukkiṟīrkaḷ?)
  
Hogy vagy?
  
Good Night
நல்ல இரவு (Good night) / irravu vanakkam (Good night)
  
Jó Éjszakát
  
Good Evening
நல்ல மாலை (Nalla mālai)/ மாலை (irravu vanakkam)
  
jó Estét
  
Good Afternoon
பிற்பகல் வணக்கம் (perpagal vanakkam)
  
Jó Napot Kívánok
  
Good Morning
காலை வணக்கம் (Kaalai Vanakkam)
  
jó Reggelt
  
Please
தயவு (Tayavu)
  
Kérlek
  
Sorry
மன்னிக்கவும் (Maṉṉikkavum)
  
bocsi
  
Bye
சென்று வருகிறேன் (Sendru Varukiren)
  
viszlát
  
I Love You
நான் உன்னை காதலிக்கிறேன் (Naan Unnai Kadalikiren)
  
Szeretlek
  
Excuse Me
என்னை மன்னியுங்கள் (Eṉṉai maṉṉiyuṅkaḷ)
  
elnézést
  
Dialect 1
Kongu
  
Csángó
  
Where They Speak
Kongu
  
Bacău County, Rumania
  
Dialect 2
Madurai Tamil
  
Oberwart
  
Where They Speak
Madurai, South Tamil Nadu
  
Austria
  
Dialect 3
Tirunelveli Tamil
  
Székely
  
Where They Speak
South Tamil Nadu, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli
  
Székely Land
  
How Many People Speak?
78.00 million
  
21
13.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
70.00 million
  
15
13.00 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
8.00 million
  
24
0.07 million
  
38
Native Name
தமிழ்
  
magyar / magyar nyelv
  
Alternative Names
Damulian, Tamal, Tamalsan, Tambul, Tamili
  
Magyar
  
French Name
tamoul
  
hongrois
  
German Name
Tamil
  
Ungarisch
  
Pronunciation
[t̪ɐmɨɻ]
  
[ˈmɒɟɒr]
  
Ethnicity
Tamil people or Tamilans
  
Hungarians
  
Origin
300 BC
  
1192 AD
  
Language Family
Dravidian Family
  
Uralic Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Finno-Ugric
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Ugric
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Tamil and Middle Tamil
  
Old Hungarian
  
Standard Forms
Modern Tamil
  
Modern Hungarian
  
Signed Forms
Signed Tamil
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ta
  
hu
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
tam
  
hun
  
ISO 639 2/B
tam
  
hun
  
ISO 639 3
tam
  
hun
  
ISO 639 6
tam
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
tami1289, oldt1248
  
hung1274
  
Linguasphere
tami1289
  
ohu
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Agglutinative, Synthetic
  
Tamil 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 Tamil and Hungarian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Tamil and Hungarian language. Tamil word for "Hello" is வணக்கம் (Vanakkam) or Hungarian word for "Thank You" is köszönöm. Find more of such common Tamil Greetings and Hungarian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Tamil vs Hungarian Difficulty
The Tamil vs Hungarian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Tamil 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 Tamil and Hungarian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Tamil and Hungarian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Tamil is 44 weeks while to learn Hungarian time required is 44 weeks.