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Turkish vs Hungarian


Hungarian vs Turkish


Countries

Countries
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey   
European Union, Hungary, Serbia, Vojvodina, Serbia   

Total No. Of Countries
11   
5
5   
10

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

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

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Africa, Europe   

Minority Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania   
Austria, Croatia, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine   

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

Interesting Facts
  • Turkish language oldest written records are found upon stone monuments in Central Asia, in Orhun, Yenisey and Talas regions.
  • Turkish language was developed in the Middle East, streching all the way to Eastern Europe.
  
  • 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
Azerbaijani Language   
Mansi and Khanty Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
East and South Slavic Languages   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
40   
21

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
14   
11

How Many Consonants
21   
11
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
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Merhaba   
szia   

Thank You
teşekkür ederim   
köszönöm   

How Are You?
Nasılsın?   
Hogy vagy?   

Good Night
İyi Geceler   
Jó Éjszakát   

Good Evening
İyi Akşamlar   
jó Estét   

Good Afternoon
Tünaydın   
Jó Napot Kívánok   

Good Morning
günaydın   
jó Reggelt   

Please
lütfen   
Kérlek   

Sorry
üzgünüm   
bocsi   

Bye
Hoşçakal   
viszlát   

I Love You
Seni seviyorum   
Szeretlek   

Excuse Me
Afedersiniz   
elnézést   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Azerbaijani Turkish   
Csángó   

Where They Speak
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey   
Bacău County, Rumania   

How Many People Speak
26,000,000.00   
9
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Crimean Turkish   
Oberwart   

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   
Austria   

How Many People Speak
480,000.00   
29
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Gagauz   
Székely   

Where They Speak
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine   
Székely Land   

How Many People Speak
140,000.00   
26
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
9   
9
11   
11

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
75.00 million   
23
13.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.95 %   
21
0.19 %   
99+

Native Speakers
60.00 million   
20
13.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million   
18
0.07 million   
38

Native Name
Türkçe   
magyar / magyar nyelv   

Alternative Names
Anatolian, Türkisch   
Magyar   

French Name
turc   
hongrois   

German Name
Türkisch   
Ungarisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]   
[ˈmɒɟɒr]   

Ethnicity
Turkish   
Hungarians   

History

Origin
c. 1350   
1192 AD   

Language Family
Turkic Family   
Uralic Family   

Subgroup
Turkic   
Finno-Ugric   

Branch
Southwestern(Oghuz)   
Ugric   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish   
Old Hungarian   

Standard Forms
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)   
Modern Hungarian   

Language Position
19   
17
66   
99+

Signed Forms
Turkish Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
tr   
hu   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tur   
hun   

ISO 639 2/B
tur   
hun   

ISO 639 3
tur   
hun   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nucl1301   
hung1274   

Linguasphere
44-AAB-a   
ohu   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Agglutinative, Synthetic   

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Turkish and Hungarian Language History

Comparison of Turkish vs Hungarian language history gives us differences between origin of Turkish and Hungarian language. History of Turkish language states that this language originated in c. 1350 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 Turkish and Hungarian Language History.

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

Turkish vs Hungarian Difficulty

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

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