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Hungarian vs Catalan


Catalan vs Hungarian


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
6  
9

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

Second Language
United States of America  
Spain  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Europe  
Europe  

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

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

Similar To
Mansi and Khanty Languages  
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language  

Derived From
East and South Slavic Languages  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
40  
21
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
14  
11
5  
2

How Many Consonants
25  
15
23  
13

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
szia  
Hola  

Thank You
köszönöm  
Gràcies  

How Are You?
Hogy vagy?  
Com estàs?  

Good Night
Jó Éjszakát  
Bona nit  

Good Evening
jó Estét  
Bona nit  

Good Afternoon
Jó Napot Kívánok  
Bona tarda  

Good Morning
jó Reggelt  
Bon dia  

Please
Kérlek  
Sisplau  

Sorry
bocsi  
Perdó!  

Bye
viszlát  
Adéu  

I Love You
Szeretlek  
T'estimo  

Excuse Me
elnézést  
Dispensi!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Csángó  
Caló  

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

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

Dialect 2
Oberwart  
Valencian  

Where They Speak
Austria  
Spain  

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

Dialect 3
Székely  
Ribagorçan  

Where They Speak
Székely Land  
Spain  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
11  
11
8  
8

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.19 %  
99+
0.12 %  
99+

Native Speakers
13.00 million  
99+
4.10 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
0.07 million  
99+
5.10 million  
99+

Native Name
magyar / magyar nyelv  
català  

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

French Name
hongrois  
catalan; valencien  

German Name
Ungarisch  
Katalanisch  

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

Ethnicity
Hungarians  
Catalan people  

History

Origin
1192 AD  
c. 1028  

Language Family
Uralic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Finno-Ugric  
Romance  

Branch
Ugric  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Hungarian  
Old Catalan  

Standard Forms
Modern Hungarian  
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian  

Language Position
66  
99+
32  
30

Signed Forms
Hungarian Sign Language  
Signed Catalan  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
hu  
ca  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hun  
cat  

ISO 639 2/B
hun  
cat  

ISO 639 3
hun  
cat  

ISO 639 6
hun  
cat  

Glottocode
hung1274  
stan1289  

Linguasphere
ohu  
51-AAA-e  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic  
-  

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Hungarian and Catalan Language History

Comparison of Hungarian vs Catalan language history gives us differences between origin of Hungarian and Catalan language. History of Hungarian language states that this language originated in 1192 AD whereas history of Catalan language states that this language originated in c. 1028. 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 Catalan Language History.

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

Hungarian vs Catalan Difficulty

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

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