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Hungarian vs Maltese


Maltese vs Hungarian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Hungary, Serbia, Vojvodina, Serbia   
European Union, Malta   

Total No. Of Countries
5   
10
2   
13

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

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   
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America   

Regulated By
known, Research Institute for Linguistics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (Magyar Tudományos Akadémia Nyelvtudományi Intézete)   
National Council for the Maltese 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.
  
  • Maltese language is the only semitic language written in Latin characters.
  • Maltese language has borrowed many loan words from English, Italian and French.
  

Similar To
Mansi and Khanty Languages   
Western Arabic Dialects   

Derived From
East and South Slavic Languages   
Roman Languages   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
40   
21
30   
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
14   
11
6   
3

How Many Consonants
25   
15
24   
14

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
30 weeks   
9

Greetings

Hello
szia   
Ħello   

Thank You
köszönöm   
Grazzi   

How Are You?
Hogy vagy?   
Kif int?   

Good Night
Jó Éjszakát   
Il-Lejla it-tajba   

Good Evening
jó Estét   
Il-Lejla it-tajba   

Good Afternoon
Jó Napot Kívánok   
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb   

Good Morning
jó Reggelt   
L-għodwa t-tajba   

Please
Kérlek   
Jekk jogħġbok   

Sorry
bocsi   
Skużani!   

Bye
viszlát   
Ċaw   

I Love You
Szeretlek   
Inħobbok ħafna   

Excuse Me
elnézést   
Skużi!   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Csángó   
Qormi   

Where They Speak
Bacău County, Rumania   
Malta   

Dialect 2
Oberwart   
Żejtun   

Where They Speak
Austria   
Malta   

Dialect 3
Székely   
Not Present   

Where They Speak
Székely Land   
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
11   
11
2   
2

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.19 %   
99+
Not Available   

Native Speakers
13.00 million   
99+
0.52 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
0.07 million   
38
Not Available   

Native Name
magyar / magyar nyelv   
Malti   

Alternative Names
Magyar   
Malti   

French Name
hongrois   
maltais   

German Name
Ungarisch   
Maltesisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈmɒɟɒr]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Hungarians   
Maltese   

History

Origin
1192 AD   
c. 1470   

Language Family
Uralic Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family   

Subgroup
Finno-Ugric   
Semitic   

Branch
Ugric   
North Abric   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Hungarian   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Modern Hungarian   
Maltese   

Language Position
66   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Maltese Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
hu   
mt   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hun   
mlt   

ISO 639 2/B
hun   
mlt   

ISO 639 3
hun   
mlt   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
hung1274   
malt1254   

Linguasphere
ohu   
12-AAC-c   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic   
Synthetic   

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Hungarian and Maltese Language History

Comparison of Hungarian vs Maltese language history gives us differences between origin of Hungarian and Maltese language. History of Hungarian language states that this language originated in 1192 AD whereas history of Maltese language states that this language originated in c. 1470. 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 Maltese Language History.

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

Hungarian vs Maltese Difficulty

The Hungarian vs Maltese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Hungarian Alphabets and Maltese 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 Maltese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Hungarian and Maltese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Hungarian is 44 weeks while to learn Maltese time required is 30 weeks.

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