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Hungarian vs Basque


Basque vs Hungarian


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
2  
13

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

Second Language
United States of America  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Europe  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Austria, Croatia, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

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

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • The Basque language is the oldest European language.
  • Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
  

Similar To
Mansi and Khanty Languages  
Spanish  

Derived From
East and South Slavic Languages  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
40  
21
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
14  
11
5  
2

How Many Consonants
25  
15
21  
11

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
88 weeks  
19

Greetings

Hello
szia  
Kaixo  

Thank You
köszönöm  
Eskerrik asko  

How Are You?
Hogy vagy?  
Zer moduz?  

Good Night
Jó Éjszakát  
Gabon  

Good Evening
jó Estét  
Arratsalde on  

Good Afternoon
Jó Napot Kívánok  
Arratsalde on  

Good Morning
jó Reggelt  
Egun on  

Please
Kérlek  
Mesedez  

Sorry
bocsi  
Barkatu  

Bye
viszlát  
Agur  

I Love You
Szeretlek  
Maite zaitut  

Excuse Me
elnézést  
Barkatu  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Csángó  
Navarro-Lapurdian  

Where They Speak
Bacău County, Rumania  
France  

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

Dialect 2
Oberwart  
Souletin  

Where They Speak
Austria  
France, Soule, Spain  

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

Dialect 3
Székely  
Biscayan  

Where They Speak
Székely Land  
Spain  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
11  
11
6  
6

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.19 %  
99+
0.12 %  
99+

Native Speakers
13.00 million  
99+
7.20 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
0.07 million  
99+
0.70 million  
99+

Native Name
magyar / magyar nyelv  
Euskara  

Alternative Names
Magyar  
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense  

French Name
hongrois  
basque  

German Name
Ungarisch  
Baskisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈmɒɟɒr]  
[bɑːsk]  

Ethnicity
Hungarians  
Basque people  

History

Origin
1192 AD  
c. 1000  

Language Family
Uralic Family  
Vasconic Family  

Subgroup
Finno-Ugric  
-  

Branch
Ugric  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Hungarian  
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian  

Standard Forms
Modern Hungarian  
Basque  

Language Position
66  
99+
30  
28

Signed Forms
Hungarian Sign Language  
Basque Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
-  

Code

ISO 639 1
hu  
eu  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hun  
eus  

ISO 639 2/B
hun  
baq  

ISO 639 3
hun  
eus  

ISO 639 6
hun  
eus  

Glottocode
hung1274  
basq1248  

Linguasphere
ohu  
40-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
-  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic  
Agglutinative  

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Hungarian and Basque Language History

Comparison of Hungarian vs Basque language history gives us differences between origin of Hungarian and Basque language. History of Hungarian language states that this language originated in 1192 AD whereas history of Basque language states that this language originated in c. 1000. 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 Hungarian and Basque Language History.

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

Hungarian vs Basque Difficulty

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

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