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Hungarian vs Polish


Polish vs Hungarian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Hungary, Serbia, Vojvodina, Serbia   
European Union, Poland   

Total No. Of Countries
5   
10
2   
13

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

Second Language
United States of America   
Belarus, Czech Republic, England, Lithuania, Slovakia, Ukraine   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
Austria, Croatia, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine   
Belarus, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Ukraine   

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

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.
  
  • Polish Language has many loanwords from Russian, Czech, French, Italian, Hebrew and German Languages.
  • The earliest writings found in polish language was list of persons and place names, is dated to 1136.
  

Similar To
Mansi and Khanty Languages   
Czech, Slovak, Serbian Languages   

Derived From
East and South Slavic Languages   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
40   
21
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
14   
11
9   
6

How Many Consonants
25   
15
23   
13

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
szia   
cześć   

Thank You
köszönöm   
dziękuję   

How Are You?
Hogy vagy?   
Jak się masz?   

Good Night
Jó Éjszakát   
dobranoc   

Good Evening
jó Estét   
dobry wieczór   

Good Afternoon
Jó Napot Kívánok   
dzień dobry   

Good Morning
jó Reggelt   
Dzień dobry   

Please
Kérlek   
proszę   

Sorry
bocsi   
Przepraszam   

Bye
viszlát   
do widzenia   

I Love You
Szeretlek   
kocham Cię   

Excuse Me
elnézést   
przepraszam   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Csángó   
Kashubian   

Where They Speak
Bacău County, Rumania   
Poland   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
108,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Oberwart   
Masovian   

Where They Speak
Austria   
Poland   

Dialect 3
Székely   
Silesian   

Where They Speak
Székely Land   
Czech Republic, Poland   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
510,000.00   
22

Total No. Of Dialects
11   
11
34   
27

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
13.00 million   
99+
40.00 million   
31

Speaking Population
0.19 %   
99+
0.61 %   
25

Native Speakers
13.00 million   
99+
40.00 million   
24

Second Language Speakers
0.07 million   
38
Not Available   

Native Name
magyar / magyar nyelv   
Polski   

Alternative Names
Magyar   
Polnisch, Polski   

French Name
hongrois   
polonais   

German Name
Ungarisch   
Polnisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈmɒɟɒr]   
[ˈpɔlski]   

Ethnicity
Hungarians   
Poles   

History

Origin
1192 AD   
1270   

Language Family
Uralic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Finno-Ugric   
Slavic   

Branch
Ugric   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Hungarian   
Old Polish and Middle Polish   

Standard Forms
Modern Hungarian   
Polish   

Language Position
66   
99+
24   
20

Signed Forms
Not Available   
System Językowo-Migowy (SJM) (Signed Polish)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
hu   
pl   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hun   
pol   

ISO 639 2/B
hun   
pol   

ISO 639 3
hun   
pol   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
pols   

Glottocode
hung1274   
poli1260   

Linguasphere
ohu   
53-AAA-cc   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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Hungarian and Polish Language History

Comparison of Hungarian vs Polish language history gives us differences between origin of Hungarian and Polish language. History of Hungarian language states that this language originated in 1192 AD whereas history of Polish language states that this language originated in 1270. 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 Polish Language History.

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

Hungarian vs Polish Difficulty

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

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