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Hungarian and Greek


Countries

Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece  
European Union, Hungary, Serbia, Vojvodina, Serbia  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
5  
10

National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine  
Austria, Gambia, Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine  

Second Language
Roman Empire  
United States of America  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Africa, Europe  

Minority Language
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine  
Austria, Croatia, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine  

Regulated By
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)  
known, Research Institute for Linguistics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (Magyar Tudományos Akadémia Nyelvtudományi Intézete)  

Interesting Facts
  • Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
  • The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
  
  • 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
Armenian  
Mansi and Khanty Languages  

Derived From
Latin  
East and South Slavic Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
24  
6
40  
21

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
14  
11

How Many Consonants
17  
7
25  
15

Scripts
Arabic, 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  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)  
szia  

Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)  
köszönöm  

How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)  
Hogy vagy?  

Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)  
Jó Éjszakát  

Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)  
jó Estét  

Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)  
Jó Napot Kívánok  

Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)  
jó Reggelt  

Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)  
Kérlek  

Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)  
bocsi  

Bye
αντίο (antío)  
viszlát  

I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)  
Szeretlek  

Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)  
elnézést  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek  
Csángó  

Where They Speak
Greece  
Bacău County, Rumania  

How Many People Speak
2,800.00  
99+
13,000,000.00  
34

Dialect 2
Griko  
Oberwart  

Where They Speak
Italy  
Austria  

How Many People Speak
50,000.00  
99+
13,000,000.00  
32

Dialect 3
Mariupol  
Székely  

Where They Speak
Ukraine  
Székely Land  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
25  
21
11  
11

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.18 %  
99+
0.19 %  
99+

Native Speakers
13.00 million  
99+
13.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
13.00 million  
37
0.07 million  
99+

Native Name
ελληνικά  
magyar / magyar nyelv  

Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic  
Magyar  

French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)  
hongrois  

German Name
Neugriechisch  
Ungarisch  

Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]  
[ˈmɒɟɒr]  

Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes  
Hungarians  

History

Origin
1500 BC  
1192 AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Uralic Family  

Subgroup
Hellenic  
Finno-Ugric  

Branch
-  
Ugric  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek  
Old Hungarian  

Standard Forms
Modern Greek  
Modern Hungarian  

Language Position
74  
99+
66  
99+

Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language  
Hungarian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
el  
hu  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ell  
hun  

ISO 639 2/B
gre  
hun  

ISO 639 3
ell  
hun  

ISO 639 6
ells  
hun  

Glottocode
gree1276  
hung1274  

Linguasphere
56-AAA-a  
ohu  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Agglutinative, Synthetic  

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All Greek and Hungarian Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Greek and Hungarian dialects. Various dialects of Greek and Hungarian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Greek are spoken in different Greek Speaking Countries whereas Hungarian Dialects are spoken in different Hungarian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Greek vs Hungarian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Greek dialects include: Cappadocian Greek, Griko. Hungarian dialects include: Csángó , Oberwart. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Greek and Hungarian Speaking population

Greek and Hungarian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Greek and Hungarian languages can be compared. The total count of Greek and Hungarian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Hungarian language is 0.19 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Greek and Hungarian on Greek vs Hungarian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Greek and Hungarian Language Codes

Greek and Hungarian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Greek and Hungarian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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