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Hungarian vs Portuguese


Portuguese vs Hungarian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Hungary, Serbia, Vojvodina, Serbia   
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe   

Total No. Of Countries
5   
10
10   
6

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

Second Language
United States of America   
United States of America   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Europe   
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America   

Minority Language
Austria, Croatia, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine   
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America   

Regulated By
known, Research Institute for Linguistics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (Magyar Tudományos Akadémia Nyelvtudományi Intézete)   
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras   

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.
  
  • Portuguese language has absorbed many words from French, Italian, Arabic and also from indigenous South American and African languages.
  • The first written document in Portuguese language was found in the 12th century.
  

Similar To
Mansi and Khanty Languages   
Spanish and Galician Languages   

Derived From
East and South Slavic Languages   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
40   
21
23   
5

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
14   
11
9   
6

How Many Consonants
25   
15
19   
9

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   
11
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
szia   
Olá   

Thank You
köszönöm   
obrigado   

How Are You?
Hogy vagy?   
Como você está?   

Good Night
Jó Éjszakát   
boa noite   

Good Evening
jó Estét   
boa Noite   

Good Afternoon
Jó Napot Kívánok   
boa Tarde   

Good Morning
jó Reggelt   
bom Dia   

Please
Kérlek   
Por Favor   

Sorry
bocsi   
pesaroso   

Bye
viszlát   
tchau   

I Love You
Szeretlek   
Eu te amo   

Excuse Me
elnézést   
desculpe me   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Csángó   
Brazilian Portuguese   

Where They Speak
Bacău County, Rumania   
Brazil   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
204,000,000.00   
4

Dialect 2
Oberwart   
European Portuguese   

Where They Speak
Austria   
Portugal   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
10,000,000.00   
9

Dialect 3
Székely   
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole   

Where They Speak
Székely Land   
Daman and Diu   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
4,000.00   
36

Total No. Of Dialects
11   
11
26   
22

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
13.00 million   
99+
231.00 million   
7

Speaking Population
0.19 %   
99+
3.27 %   
7

Native Speakers
13.00 million   
99+
216.00 million   
5

Second Language Speakers
0.07 million   
38
15.00 million   
18

Native Name
magyar / magyar nyelv   
Português   

Alternative Names
Magyar   
Português   

French Name
hongrois   
portugais   

German Name
Ungarisch   
Portugiesisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈmɒɟɒr]   
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]   

Ethnicity
Hungarians   
Portuguese people or portugueses   

History

Origin
1192 AD   
3rd Century   

Language Family
Uralic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Finno-Ugric   
Romance   

Branch
Ugric   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Hungarian   
Medieval Galician   

Standard Forms
Modern Hungarian   
Portuguese   

Language Position
66   
99+
6   
6

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Portuguese   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
hu   
pt   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hun   
por   

ISO 639 2/B
hun   
por   

ISO 639 3
hun   
por   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
hung1274   
port1283   

Linguasphere
ohu   
51-AAA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic   
Not Available   

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Hungarian and Portuguese Language History

Comparison of Hungarian vs Portuguese language history gives us differences between origin of Hungarian and Portuguese language. History of Hungarian language states that this language originated in 1192 AD whereas history of Portuguese language states that this language originated in 3rd Century. 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 Portuguese Language History.

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

Hungarian vs Portuguese Difficulty

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

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