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Hungarian vs Afrikaans


Countries

Countries
South Africa  
European Union, Hungary, Serbia, Vojvodina, Serbia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
5  
10

National Language
South Africa  
Austria, Gambia, Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine  

Second Language
Namibia, South Africa  
United States of America  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Africa, Europe  

Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe  
Austria, Croatia, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine  

Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee  
known, Research Institute for Linguistics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (Magyar Tudományos Akadémia Nyelvtudományi Intézete)  

Interesting Facts
  • Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
  • Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
  
  • 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
Dutch Language  
Mansi and Khanty Languages  

Derived From
Dutch Language  
East and South Slavic Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32  
14
40  
21

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15  
12
14  
11

How Many Consonants
17  
7
25  
15

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
hallo  
szia  

Thank You
Dankie  
köszönöm  

How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit  
Hogy vagy?  

Good Night
goeie nag  
Jó Éjszakát  

Good Evening
Goeienaand  
jó Estét  

Good Afternoon
Goeie middag  
Jó Napot Kívánok  

Good Morning
goeie more  
jó Reggelt  

Please
asseblief  
Kérlek  

Sorry
jammer  
bocsi  

Bye
Totsiens  
viszlát  

I Love You
Ek het jou lief  
Szeretlek  

Excuse Me
Verskoon my  
elnézést  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans  
Csángó  

Where They Speak
-  
Bacău County, Rumania  

How Many People Speak
7,700,000.00  
40
13,000,000.00  
34

Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans  
Oberwart  

Where They Speak
-  
Austria  

How Many People Speak
7,700,000.00  
99+
13,000,000.00  
32

Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans  
Székely  

Where They Speak
Namibia  
Székely Land  

How Many People Speak
7.00  
99+
13,000,000.00  
28

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
11  
11

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.03 %  
99+
0.19 %  
99+

Native Speakers
7.10 million  
99+
13.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
10.30 million  
40
0.07 million  
99+

Native Name
Afrikaans  
magyar / magyar nyelv  

Alternative Names
Cape Dutch  
Magyar  

French Name
afrikaans  
hongrois  

German Name
Afrikaans  
Ungarisch  

Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]  
[ˈmɒɟɒr]  

Ethnicity
Afrikaners  
Hungarians  

History

Origin
17th Century  
1192 AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Uralic Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
Finno-Ugric  

Branch
Western  
Ugric  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch  
Old Hungarian  

Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans  
Modern Hungarian  

Language Position
23  
21
66  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)  
Hungarian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
af  
hu  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
afr  
hun  

ISO 639 2/B
afr  
hun  

ISO 639 3
afr  
hun  

ISO 639 6
afrs  
hun  

Glottocode
afri1274  
hung1274  

Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba  
ohu  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic  
Agglutinative, Synthetic  

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Afrikaans and Hungarian Language History

Comparison of Afrikaans vs Hungarian language history gives us differences between origin of Afrikaans and Hungarian language. History of Afrikaans language states that this language originated in 17th 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 Afrikaans and Hungarian Language History.

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

Afrikaans vs Hungarian Difficulty

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

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