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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  
17
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
13,000,000.00  
34
204,000,000.00  
5

Dialect 2
Oberwart  
European Portuguese  

Where They Speak
Austria  
Portugal  

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00  
32
10,000,000.00  
37

Dialect 3
Székely  
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole  

Where They Speak
Székely Land  
Daman and Diu  

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00  
28
4,000.00  
99+

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  
99+
15.00 million  
34

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  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Hungarian  
Medieval Galician  

Standard Forms
Modern Hungarian  
Portuguese  

Language Position
66  
99+
6  
6

Signed Forms
Hungarian Sign Language  
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
hun  
por  

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  
-  

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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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