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Hungarian vs Irish


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Countries

Countries
European Union, Hungary, Serbia, Vojvodina, Serbia  
European Union, Ireland  

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
2  
13

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

Second Language
United States of America  
Ireland  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Europe  
Europe  

Minority Language
Austria, Croatia, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine  
United Kingdom  

Regulated By
known, Research Institute for Linguistics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (Magyar Tudományos Akadémia Nyelvtudományi Intézete)  
Foras na Gaeilge  

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.
  
  • In Irish language, there are no exact words for "yes" or "no".
  • There are different set of numbers for counting humans and another set for counting non-humans in Irish Language.
  

Similar To
Mansi and Khanty Languages  
Scottish Gaelic and Welsh Languages  

Derived From
East and South Slavic Languages  
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Alphabets

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

Alphabets
40  
21
18  
1

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
14  
11
5  
2

How Many Consonants
25  
15
13  
3

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
36 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
szia  
Dia dhuit  

Thank You
köszönöm  
Go raibh maith agat  

How Are You?
Hogy vagy?  
Conas atá tú ?  

Good Night
Jó Éjszakát  
Oíche mhaith  

Good Evening
jó Estét  
Tráthnóna maith duit  

Good Afternoon
Jó Napot Kívánok  
Tráthnóna maith duit  

Good Morning
jó Reggelt  
Dia dhuit ar maidin  

Please
Kérlek  
le do thoil  

Sorry
bocsi  
Tá brón orm  

Bye
viszlát  
Slán  

I Love You
Szeretlek  
Is breá liom thú  

Excuse Me
elnézést  
Gabh mo leithscéal  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Csángó  
Connacht Irish  

Where They Speak
Bacău County, Rumania  
Connacht  

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00  
34
100,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Oberwart  
Munster Irish  

Where They Speak
Austria  
Munster  

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00  
32
150,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Székely  
Ulster Irish  

Where They Speak
Székely Land  
Ulster  

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00  
28
140,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
11  
11
4  
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.19 %  
99+
0.03 %  
99+

Native Speakers
13.00 million  
99+
0.14 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
0.07 million  
99+
1.65 million  
99+

Native Name
magyar / magyar nyelv  
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge  

Alternative Names
Magyar  
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish  

French Name
hongrois  
irlandais moyen  

German Name
Ungarisch  
Mittelirisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈmɒɟɒr]  
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]  

Ethnicity
Hungarians  
Irish people  

History

Origin
1192 AD  
c. 750  

Language Family
Uralic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Finno-Ugric  
Celtic  

Branch
Ugric  
Goidelic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Hungarian  
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish  

Standard Forms
Modern Hungarian  
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil  

Language Position
66  
99+
25  
23

Signed Forms
Hungarian Sign Language  
Irish Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
hu  
ga  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hun  
gle  

ISO 639 2/B
hun  
gle  

ISO 639 3
hun  
gle  

ISO 639 6
hun  
gle  

Glottocode
hung1274  
iris1253  

Linguasphere
ohu  
50-AAA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic  
Fusional  

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Hungarian and Irish Language History

Comparison of Hungarian vs Irish language history gives us differences between origin of Hungarian and Irish language. History of Hungarian language states that this language originated in 1192 AD whereas history of Irish language states that this language originated in c. 750. 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 Irish Language History.

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

Hungarian vs Irish Difficulty

The Hungarian vs Irish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Hungarian Alphabets and Irish 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 Irish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Hungarian and Irish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Hungarian is 44 weeks while to learn Irish time required is 36 weeks.

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