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Hungarian vs Norwegian


Norwegian vs Hungarian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Hungary, Serbia, Vojvodina, Serbia   
Norway   

Total No. Of Countries
5   
10
1   
14

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

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

Speaking Continents
Africa, Europe   
Europe, South America   

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

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

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.
  
  • Bergen is one of the Norwegian dialect which has only two genders: common and neuter.
  • Since Norwegian language uses pitch accents, it has musical quality and are sometimes employed to distinguish the meanings of homonyms.
  

Similar To
Mansi and Khanty Languages   
Swedish and Danish Languages   

Derived From
East and South Slavic Languages   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
40   
21
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
14   
11
9   
6

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
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
szia   
hallo   

Thank You
köszönöm   
takk   

How Are You?
Hogy vagy?   
hvordan har du det?   

Good Night
Jó Éjszakát   
god natt   

Good Evening
jó Estét   
god kveld   

Good Afternoon
Jó Napot Kívánok   
god ettermiddag   

Good Morning
jó Reggelt   
god morgen   

Please
Kérlek   
Vær så snill   

Sorry
bocsi   
unnskyld   

Bye
viszlát   
ha det   

I Love You
Szeretlek   
Jeg Elsker Deg   

Excuse Me
elnézést   
unnskyld meg   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Csángó   
Jamtlandic   

Where They Speak
Bacău County, Rumania   
Jamtland,Harjedalen   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
30,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Oberwart   
Sognamål   

Where They Speak
Austria   
Sogn   

Dialect 3
Székely   
Hallingmål-Valdris   

Where They Speak
Székely Land   
Hallingdal, Valdres   

Total No. Of Dialects
11   
11
19   
17

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.19 %   
99+
Not Available   

Native Speakers
13.00 million   
99+
5.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
0.07 million   
38
Not Available   

Native Name
magyar / magyar nyelv   
Norsk   

Alternative Names
Magyar   
Norsk   

French Name
hongrois   
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien   

German Name
Ungarisch   
Nynorsk   

Pronunciation
[ˈmɒɟɒr]   
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian) [nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)   

Ethnicity
Hungarians   
Norwegians   

History

Origin
1192 AD   
c. 1300 AD   

Language Family
Uralic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Finno-Ugric   
Germanic   

Branch
Ugric   
Northern (Scandinavian)   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Hungarian   
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian   

Standard Forms
Modern Hungarian   
Nynorsk, Bokmål   

Language Position
66   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Norwegian   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
hu   
no   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hun   
nor   

ISO 639 2/B
hun   
nor   

ISO 639 3
hun   
nor   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
hung1274   
norw1258   

Linguasphere
ohu   
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic   
Fusional   

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Hungarian and Norwegian Language History

Comparison of Hungarian vs Norwegian language history gives us differences between origin of Hungarian and Norwegian language. History of Hungarian language states that this language originated in 1192 AD whereas history of Norwegian language states that this language originated in c. 1300 AD. 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 Norwegian Language History.

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

Hungarian vs Norwegian Difficulty

The Hungarian vs Norwegian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Hungarian Alphabets and Norwegian 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 Norwegian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Hungarian and Norwegian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Hungarian is 44 weeks while to learn Norwegian time required is 24 weeks.

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