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Hungarian vs English


English vs Hungarian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Hungary, Serbia, Vojvodina, Serbia   
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   

Total No. Of Countries
5   
10
33   
2

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

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

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

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

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

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.
  
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  

Similar To
Mansi and Khanty Languages   
Not Available   

Derived From
East and South Slavic Languages   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
40   
21
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
14   
11
5   
2

How Many Consonants
25   
15
21   
11

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
7   
6

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
6 weeks   
3

Greetings

Hello
szia   
Hello   

Thank You
köszönöm   
Thank you   

How Are You?
Hogy vagy?   
How are you?   

Good Night
Jó Éjszakát   
Good Night   

Good Evening
jó Estét   
Good Evening   

Good Afternoon
Jó Napot Kívánok   
Good Afternoon   

Good Morning
jó Reggelt   
Good Morning   

Please
Kérlek   
Please   

Sorry
bocsi   
Sorry   

Bye
viszlát   
Bye   

I Love You
Szeretlek   
I love you   

Excuse Me
elnézést   
Excuse Me   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Csángó   
American English   

Where They Speak
Bacău County, Rumania   
United States of America   

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

Dialect 2
Oberwart   
Hiberno-English   

Where They Speak
Austria   
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom   

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

Dialect 3
Székely   
Welsh English   

Where They Speak
Székely Land   
United Kingdom   

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

Total No. Of Dialects
11   
11
188   
34

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.19 %   
99+
5.43 %   
4

Native Speakers
13.00 million   
99+
400.00 million   
3

Second Language Speakers
0.07 million   
38
400.00 million   
1

Native Name
magyar / magyar nyelv   
English   

Alternative Names
Magyar   
Not Available   

French Name
hongrois   
anglais   

German Name
Ungarisch   
Englisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈmɒɟɒr]   
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/   

Ethnicity
Hungarians   
Not Available   

History

Origin
1192 AD   
5th Century AD   

Language Family
Uralic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Finno-Ugric   
Not Available   

Branch
Ugric   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Modern Hungarian   
Standard English   

Language Position
66   
99+
3   
3

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed English   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
hu   
en   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hun   
eng   

ISO 639 2/B
hun   
eng   

ISO 639 3
hun   
eng   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
engs   

Glottocode
hung1274   
stan1293   

Linguasphere
ohu   
52-ABA   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

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

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Hungarian and English Language History

Comparison of Hungarian vs English language history gives us differences between origin of Hungarian and English language. History of Hungarian language states that this language originated in 1192 AD whereas history of English language states that this language originated in 5th Century 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 Hungarian and English Language History.

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

Hungarian vs English Difficulty

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

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