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Hungarian vs Catalan


Countries

Countries
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community  
European Union, Hungary, Serbia, Vojvodina, Serbia  

Total No. Of Countries
6  
9
5  
10

National Language
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain  
Austria, Gambia, Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine  

Second Language
Spain  
United States of America  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Africa, Europe  

Minority Language
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain  
Austria, Croatia, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine  

Regulated By
Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, National Languages Committee  
known, Research Institute for Linguistics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (Magyar Tudományos Akadémia Nyelvtudományi Intézete)  

Interesting Facts
  • Catalan is 6th most largely spoken Romance language.
  • Catalan went through a golden age in low middle ages, reaching a peak of maturity and cultural richness.
  
  • 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 Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language  
Mansi and Khanty Languages  

Derived From
Latin  
East and South Slavic Languages  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Catalan-Alpahabets.jpg#200  
Hungarian-alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
27  
9
40  
21

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
14  
11

How Many Consonants
23  
13
25  
15

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Hola  
szia  

Thank You
Gràcies  
köszönöm  

How Are You?
Com estàs?  
Hogy vagy?  

Good Night
Bona nit  
Jó Éjszakát  

Good Evening
Bona nit  
jó Estét  

Good Afternoon
Bona tarda  
Jó Napot Kívánok  

Good Morning
Bon dia  
jó Reggelt  

Please
Sisplau  
Kérlek  

Sorry
Perdó!  
bocsi  

Bye
Adéu  
viszlát  

I Love You
T'estimo  
Szeretlek  

Excuse Me
Dispensi!  
elnézést  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Caló  
Csángó  

Where They Speak
France, Portugal, Spain  
Bacău County, Rumania  

How Many People Speak
440,000.00  
99+
13,000,000.00  
34

Dialect 2
Valencian  
Oberwart  

Where They Speak
Spain  
Austria  

How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00  
99+
13,000,000.00  
32

Dialect 3
Ribagorçan  
Székely  

Where They Speak
Spain  
Székely Land  

How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00  
40
13,000,000.00  
28

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
11  
11

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.12 %  
99+
0.19 %  
99+

Native Speakers
4.10 million  
99+
13.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
5.10 million  
99+
0.07 million  
99+

Native Name
català  
magyar / magyar nyelv  

Alternative Names
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian  
Magyar  

French Name
catalan; valencien  
hongrois  

German Name
Katalanisch  
Ungarisch  

Pronunciation
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)  
[ˈmɒɟɒr]  

Ethnicity
Catalan people  
Hungarians  

History

Origin
c. 1028  
1192 AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Uralic Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
Finno-Ugric  

Branch
-  
Ugric  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Catalan  
Old Hungarian  

Standard Forms
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian  
Modern Hungarian  

Language Position
32  
30
66  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Catalan  
Hungarian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ca  
hu  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
cat  
hun  

ISO 639 2/B
cat  
hun  

ISO 639 3
cat  
hun  

ISO 639 6
cat  
hun  

Glottocode
stan1289  
hung1274  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-e  
ohu  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Agglutinative, Synthetic  

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Catalan and Hungarian Language History

Comparison of Catalan vs Hungarian language history gives us differences between origin of Catalan and Hungarian language. History of Catalan language states that this language originated in c. 1028 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 Catalan and Hungarian Language History.

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

Catalan vs Hungarian Difficulty

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

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