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Hungarian vs French


French vs Hungarian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Hungary, Serbia, Vojvodina, Serbia   
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu   

Total No. Of Countries
5   
10
32   
3

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

Second Language
United States of America   
Africa, Canada   

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

Minority Language
Austria, Croatia, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine   
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam   

Regulated By
known, Research Institute for Linguistics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (Magyar Tudományos Akadémia Nyelvtudományi Intézete)   
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française   

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.
  
  • French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
  • French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
  

Similar To
Mansi and Khanty Languages   
Italian Language   

Derived From
East and South Slavic Languages   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
40   
21
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
14   
11
6   
3

How Many Consonants
25   
15
20   
10

Scripts
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   
11
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
szia   
bonjour   

Thank You
köszönöm   
Merci   

How Are You?
Hogy vagy?   
Comment allez-vous?   

Good Night
Jó Éjszakát   
bonne Nuit   

Good Evening
jó Estét   
bonsoir   

Good Afternoon
Jó Napot Kívánok   
bon Après-Midi   

Good Morning
jó Reggelt   
Bonjour   

Please
Kérlek   
S'il vous plaît   

Sorry
bocsi   
désolé   

Bye
viszlát   
au revoir   

I Love You
Szeretlek   
Je t'aime   

Excuse Me
elnézést   
Excuse Moi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Csángó   
Quebec French   

Where They Speak
Bacău County, Rumania   
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
6,200,000.00   
15

Dialect 2
Oberwart   
African French   

Where They Speak
Austria   
Africa   

Dialect 3
Székely   
Swiss French   

Where They Speak
Székely Land   
Northeast France, Switzerland   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,800,000.00   
16

Total No. Of Dialects
11   
11
25   
21

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
13.00 million   
99+
163.00 million   
11

Speaking Population
0.19 %   
99+
1.12 %   
17

Native Speakers
13.00 million   
99+
76.00 million   
13

Second Language Speakers
0.07 million   
38
87.00 million   
11

Native Name
magyar / magyar nyelv   
français   

Alternative Names
Magyar   
Français   

French Name
hongrois   
français   

German Name
Ungarisch   
Französisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈmɒɟɒr]   
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]   

Ethnicity
Hungarians   
Not Available   

History

Origin
1192 AD   
9th Century   

Language Family
Uralic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Finno-Ugric   
Romance   

Branch
Ugric   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Hungarian   
Old French, Middle French and French   

Standard Forms
Modern Hungarian   
Standard French   

Language Position
66   
99+
13   
12

Signed Forms
Not Available   
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
hu   
fr   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hun   
fra   

ISO 639 2/B
hun   
fre   

ISO 639 3
hun   
fra   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
fras   

Glottocode
hung1274   
stan1290   

Linguasphere
ohu   
51-AAA-i   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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Hungarian and French Language History

Comparison of Hungarian vs French language history gives us differences between origin of Hungarian and French language. History of Hungarian language states that this language originated in 1192 AD whereas history of French language states that this language originated in 9th Century. 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 French Language History.

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

Hungarian vs French Difficulty

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

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