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Greek vs Hungarian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Hungary, Serbia, Vojvodina, Serbia  
Cyprus, European Union, Greece  

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
3  
12

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

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

Alphabets
40  
21
24  
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
14  
11
7  
4

How Many Consonants
25  
15
17  
7

Scripts
Latin  
Arabic, 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  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

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)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Csángó  
Cappadocian Greek  

Where They Speak
Bacău County, Rumania  
Greece  

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00  
34
2,800.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Oberwart  
Griko  

Where They Speak
Austria  
Italy  

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00  
32
50,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Székely  
Mariupol  

Where They Speak
Székely Land  
Ukraine  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
11  
11
25  
21

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.19 %  
99+
0.18 %  
99+

Native Speakers
13.00 million  
99+
13.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
0.07 million  
99+
13.00 million  
37

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  

History

Origin
1192 AD  
1500 BC  

Language Family
Uralic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Finno-Ugric  
Hellenic  

Branch
Ugric  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Hungarian  
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek  

Standard Forms
Modern Hungarian  
Modern Greek  

Language Position
66  
99+
74  
99+

Signed Forms
Hungarian Sign Language  
Greek Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
hu  
el  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hun  
ell  

ISO 639 2/B
hun  
gre  

ISO 639 3
hun  
ell  

ISO 639 6
hun  
ells  

Glottocode
hung1274  
gree1276  

Linguasphere
ohu  
56-AAA-a  

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 Greek Language History

Comparison of Hungarian vs Greek language history gives us differences between origin of Hungarian and Greek language. History of Hungarian language states that this language originated in 1192 AD whereas history of Greek language states that this language originated in 1500 BC. 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 Greek Language History.

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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.

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