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English vs Hungarian


Hungarian vs English


Countries

Countries
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe   
European Union, Hungary, Serbia, Vojvodina, Serbia   

Total No. Of Countries
33   
2
5   
10

National Language
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America   
Austria, Gambia, Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine   

Second Language
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore   
United States of America   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America   
Africa, Europe   

Minority Language
South Africa   
Austria, Croatia, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine   

Regulated By
Not Available   
known, Research Institute for Linguistics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (Magyar Tudományos Akadémia Nyelvtudományi Intézete)   

Interesting Facts
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  
  • 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
Not Available   
Mansi and Khanty Languages   

Derived From
Latin   
East and South Slavic Languages   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
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   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
7   
6
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks   
3
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Hello   
szia   

Thank You
Thank you   
köszönöm   

How Are You?
How are you?   
Hogy vagy?   

Good Night
Good Night   
Jó Éjszakát   

Good Evening
Good Evening   
jó Estét   

Good Afternoon
Good Afternoon   
Jó Napot Kívánok   

Good Morning
Good Morning   
jó Reggelt   

Please
Please   
Kérlek   

Sorry
Sorry   
bocsi   

Bye
Bye   
viszlát   

I Love You
I love you   
Szeretlek   

Excuse Me
Excuse Me   
elnézést   

Dialects

Dialect 1
American English   
Csángó   

Where They Speak
United States of America   
Bacău County, Rumania   

How Many People Speak
225,000,000.00   
3
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Hiberno-English   
Oberwart   

Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom   
Austria   

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00   
15
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Welsh English   
Székely   

Where They Speak
United Kingdom   
Székely Land   

How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00   
14
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
188   
34
11   
11

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,200.00 million   
1
13.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
5.43 %   
4
0.19 %   
99+

Native Speakers
400.00 million   
3
13.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
400.00 million   
1
0.07 million   
38

Native Name
English   
magyar / magyar nyelv   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Magyar   

French Name
anglais   
hongrois   

German Name
Englisch   
Ungarisch   

Pronunciation
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/   
[ˈmɒɟɒr]   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Hungarians   

History

Origin
5th Century AD   
1192 AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Uralic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Finno-Ugric   

Branch
Not Available   
Ugric   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English   
Old Hungarian   

Standard Forms
Standard English   
Modern Hungarian   

Language Position
3   
3
66   
99+

Signed Forms
Signed English   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
en   
hu   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
eng   
hun   

ISO 639 2/B
eng   
hun   

ISO 639 3
eng   
hun   

ISO 639 6
engs   
Not Available   

Glottocode
stan1293   
hung1274   

Linguasphere
52-ABA   
ohu   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic   
Agglutinative, Synthetic   

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English and Hungarian Language History

Comparison of English vs Hungarian language history gives us differences between origin of English and Hungarian language. History of English language states that this language originated in 5th Century AD 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 English and Hungarian Language History.

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

English vs Hungarian Difficulty

The English vs Hungarian difficulty level basically depends on the number of English 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 English and Hungarian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in English and Hungarian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn English is 6 weeks while to learn Hungarian time required is 44 weeks.

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