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Basque vs Hungarian


Hungarian vs Basque


Countries

Countries
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre  
European Union, Hungary, Serbia, Vojvodina, Serbia  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
5  
10

National Language
France, Spain  
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
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Austria, Croatia, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine  

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

Interesting Facts
  • The Basque language is the oldest European language.
  • Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
  
  • 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
Spanish  
Mansi and Khanty Languages  

Derived From
-  
East and South Slavic Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27  
9
40  
21

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
14  
11

How Many Consonants
21  
11
25  
15

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
19
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Kaixo  
szia  

Thank You
Eskerrik asko  
köszönöm  

How Are You?
Zer moduz?  
Hogy vagy?  

Good Night
Gabon  
Jó Éjszakát  

Good Evening
Arratsalde on  
jó Estét  

Good Afternoon
Arratsalde on  
Jó Napot Kívánok  

Good Morning
Egun on  
jó Reggelt  

Please
Mesedez  
Kérlek  

Sorry
Barkatu  
bocsi  

Bye
Agur  
viszlát  

I Love You
Maite zaitut  
Szeretlek  

Excuse Me
Barkatu  
elnézést  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Navarro-Lapurdian  
Csángó  

Where They Speak
France  
Bacău County, Rumania  

How Many People Speak
68,000.00  
99+
13,000,000.00  
34

Dialect 2
Souletin  
Oberwart  

Where They Speak
France, Soule, Spain  
Austria  

How Many People Speak
8,700.00  
99+
13,000,000.00  
32

Dialect 3
Biscayan  
Székely  

Where They Speak
Spain  
Székely Land  

How Many People Speak
750,000.00  
99+
13,000,000.00  
28

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
11  
11

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.12 %  
99+
0.19 %  
99+

Native Speakers
7.20 million  
99+
13.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
0.70 million  
99+
0.07 million  
99+

Native Name
Euskara  
magyar / magyar nyelv  

Alternative Names
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense  
Magyar  

French Name
basque  
hongrois  

German Name
Baskisch  
Ungarisch  

Pronunciation
[bɑːsk]  
[ˈmɒɟɒr]  

Ethnicity
Basque people  
Hungarians  

History

Origin
c. 1000  
1192 AD  

Language Family
Vasconic Family  
Uralic Family  

Subgroup
-  
Finno-Ugric  

Branch
-  
Ugric  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian  
Old Hungarian  

Standard Forms
Basque  
Modern Hungarian  

Language Position
30  
28
66  
99+

Signed Forms
Basque Sign Language  
Hungarian Sign Language  

Scope
-  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
eu  
hu  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
eus  
hun  

ISO 639 2/B
baq  
hun  

ISO 639 3
eus  
hun  

ISO 639 6
eus  
hun  

Glottocode
basq1248  
hung1274  

Linguasphere
40-AAA-a  
ohu  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
-  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Agglutinative, Synthetic  

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Basque and Hungarian Language History

Comparison of Basque vs Hungarian language history gives us differences between origin of Basque and Hungarian language. History of Basque language states that this language originated in c. 1000 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 Basque and Hungarian Language History.

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

Basque vs Hungarian Difficulty

The Basque vs Hungarian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Basque 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 Basque and Hungarian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Basque and Hungarian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Basque is 88 weeks while to learn Hungarian time required is 44 weeks.

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