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Hungarian vs Lithuanian


Lithuanian vs Hungarian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Hungary, Serbia, Vojvodina, Serbia  
European Union, Lithuania  

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
2  
13

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

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

Speaking Continents
Africa, Europe  
Europe  

Minority Language
Austria, Croatia, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine  
Poland  

Regulated By
known, Research Institute for Linguistics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (Magyar Tudományos Akadémia Nyelvtudományi Intézete)  
Commission of the Lithuanian Language  

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.
  
  • Lithuanian has many loanwords that originate from Slavic, Germanic and other Baltic languages.
  • "Catheciusmus" is the oldest known book in Lithuanian language in 1547.
  

Similar To
Mansi and Khanty Languages  
Latvian  

Derived From
East and South Slavic Languages  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Hungarian-alphabets.jpg#200  
Lithuanian-Alpahbets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
40  
21
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
14  
11
12  
9

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  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
szia  
Sveiki  

Thank You
köszönöm  
Ačiū  

How Are You?
Hogy vagy?  
Kaip sekasi?  

Good Night
Jó Éjszakát  
Labanakt  

Good Evening
jó Estét  
Labas vakaras  

Good Afternoon
Jó Napot Kívánok  
Laba diena  

Good Morning
jó Reggelt  
Labas rytas  

Please
Kérlek  
Prašom  

Sorry
bocsi  
atsiprašau  

Bye
viszlát  
Ate  

I Love You
Szeretlek  
Aš myliu tave  

Excuse Me
elnézést  
Atsiprašau  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Csángó  
Samogitian  

Where They Speak
Bacău County, Rumania  
Lithuania  

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00  
34
500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Oberwart  
Aukštaitian  

Where They Speak
Austria  
Lithuania  

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00  
32
3,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Székely  
Curonian  

Where They Speak
Székely Land  
Lithuania  

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00  
28
3,000,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
11  
11
10  
10

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.19 %  
99+
0.07 %  
99+

Native Speakers
13.00 million  
99+
3.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
0.07 million  
99+
3.00 million  
99+

Native Name
magyar / magyar nyelv  
lietuvių kalba  

Alternative Names
Magyar  
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy  

French Name
hongrois  
lituanien  

German Name
Ungarisch  
Litauisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈmɒɟɒr]  
[ˌlɪθuˈeɪniən]  

Ethnicity
Hungarians  
Lithuanians  

History

Origin
1192 AD  
c. 1503  

Language Family
Uralic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Finno-Ugric  
-  

Branch
Ugric  
Baltic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Hungarian  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Modern Hungarian  
Lithuanian  

Language Position
66  
99+
44  
99+

Signed Forms
Hungarian Sign Language  
Lithuanian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
hu  
lt  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hun  
lit  

ISO 639 2/B
hun  
lit  

ISO 639 3
hun  
lit  

ISO 639 6
hun  
lit  

Glottocode
hung1274  
lith1251  

Linguasphere
ohu  
54-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic  
Synthetic  

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Hungarian and Lithuanian Language History

Comparison of Hungarian vs Lithuanian language history gives us differences between origin of Hungarian and Lithuanian language. History of Hungarian language states that this language originated in 1192 AD whereas history of Lithuanian language states that this language originated in c. 1503. 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 Lithuanian Language History.

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

Hungarian vs Lithuanian Difficulty

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

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