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Hungarian vs Kurdish


Kurdish vs Hungarian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Hungary, Serbia, Vojvodina, Serbia   
Iraq, Kurdistan   

Total No. Of Countries
5   
10
2   
13

National Language
Austria, Gambia, Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine   
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey   

Second Language
United States of America   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Europe   
Middle East   

Minority Language
Austria, Croatia, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

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.
  
  • The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
  • In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  

Similar To
Mansi and Khanty Languages   
Farsi Language   

Derived From
East and South Slavic Languages   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
40   
21
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
14   
11
8   
5

How Many Consonants
25   
15
29   
19

Scripts
Latin   
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
4 weeks   
2

Greetings

Hello
szia   
Silaw   

Thank You
köszönöm   
Sipas   

How Are You?
Hogy vagy?   
Tu çawa yî?   

Good Night
Jó Éjszakát   
Şev xweş   

Good Evening
jó Estét   
Evare baş   

Good Afternoon
Jó Napot Kívánok   
Nee-wa-rowt bash   

Good Morning
jó Reggelt   
Bayanit bash   

Please
Kérlek   
Bê zehmet   

Sorry
bocsi   
Bibûre   

Bye
viszlát   
Be xêr çî   

I Love You
Szeretlek   
Ez te hez dikem   

Excuse Me
elnézést   
Bê zehmet   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Csángó   
Northern Kurdish   

Where They Speak
Bacău County, Rumania   
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
20,000,000.00   
10

Dialect 2
Oberwart   
Central Kurdish   

Where They Speak
Austria   
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
5,000,000.00   
14

Dialect 3
Székely   
Southern Kurdish   

Where They Speak
Székely Land   
Eastern Iraq   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
3,000,000.00   
12

Total No. Of Dialects
11   
11
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
13.00 million   
99+
28.00 million   
38

Speaking Population
0.19 %   
99+
0.31 %   
39

Native Speakers
13.00 million   
99+
21.00 million   
36

Second Language Speakers
0.07 million   
38
Not Available   

Native Name
magyar / magyar nyelv   
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди   

Alternative Names
Magyar   
Not Available   

French Name
hongrois   
kurde   

German Name
Ungarisch   
Kurdisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈmɒɟɒr]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Hungarians   
Kurds   

History

Origin
1192 AD   
16th century CE   

Language Family
Uralic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Finno-Ugric   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Ugric   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Hungarian   
Not Available   

Standard Forms
Modern Hungarian   
Kurdish   

Language Position
66   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
hu   
ku   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hun   
kur   

ISO 639 2/B
hun   
kur   

ISO 639 3
hun   
kur   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
hung1274   
kurd1259   

Linguasphere
ohu   
58-AAA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic   
Not Available   

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Hungarian and Kurdish Language History

Comparison of Hungarian vs Kurdish language history gives us differences between origin of Hungarian and Kurdish language. History of Hungarian language states that this language originated in 1192 AD whereas history of Kurdish language states that this language originated in 16th century CE. 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 Kurdish Language History.

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

Hungarian vs Kurdish Difficulty

The Hungarian vs Kurdish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Hungarian Alphabets and Kurdish 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 Kurdish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Hungarian and Kurdish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Hungarian is 44 weeks while to learn Kurdish time required is 4 weeks.

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