Countries
European Union, Hungary, Serbia, Vojvodina, Serbia
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
National Language
Austria, Gambia, Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Second Language
United States of America
Roman Empire
Speaking Continents
Africa, Europe
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Austria, Croatia, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Regulated By
known, Research Institute for Linguistics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (Magyar Tudományos Akadémia Nyelvtudományi Intézete)
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
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.
- Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
- The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
Similar To
Mansi and Khanty Languages
Armenian
Derived From
East and South Slavic Languages
Latin
Alphabets in
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Greek-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
szia
γεια σας (geia sas)
Thank You
köszönöm
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
How Are You?
Hogy vagy?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
Good Night
Jó Éjszakát
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
Good Evening
jó Estét
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
Good Afternoon
Jó Napot Kívánok
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
Good Morning
jó Reggelt
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
Please
Kérlek
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
Sorry
bocsi
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
Bye
viszlát
αντίο (antío)
I Love You
Szeretlek
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Excuse Me
elnézést
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Dialect 1
Csángó
Cappadocian Greek
Where They Speak
Bacău County, Rumania
Greece
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
Austria
Italy
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Székely
Mariupol
Where They Speak
Székely Land
Ukraine
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
magyar / magyar nyelv
ελληνικά
Alternative Names
Magyar
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
French Name
hongrois
grec moderne (après 1453)
German Name
Ungarisch
Neugriechisch
Pronunciation
[ˈmɒɟɒr]
[eliniˈka]
Ethnicity
Hungarians
Greeks or Hellenes
Language Family
Uralic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Finno-Ugric
Hellenic
Branch
Ugric
Not Available
Early Forms
Old Hungarian
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
Standard Forms
Modern Hungarian
Modern Greek
Signed Forms
Not Available
Greek Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
ells
Glottocode
hung1274
gree1276
Linguasphere
ohu
56-AAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
Fusional, Synthetic
Hungarian and Greek 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 Greek greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Hungarian and Greek language. Hungarian word for "Hello" is szia or Greek word for "Thank You" is ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱). Find more of such common Hungarian Greetings and Greek Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Hungarian vs Greek Difficulty
The Hungarian vs Greek difficulty level basically depends on the number of Hungarian Alphabets and Greek 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 Greek are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Hungarian and Greek, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Hungarian is 44 weeks while to learn Greek time required is 44 weeks.