Home
Languagevs


Hungarian vs Swahili


Swahili vs Hungarian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Hungary, Serbia, Vojvodina, Serbia  
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya  

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
4  
11

National Language
Austria, Gambia, Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine  
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania  

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

Speaking Continents
Africa, Europe  
Africa  

Minority Language
Austria, Croatia, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
known, Research Institute for Linguistics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (Magyar Tudományos Akadémia Nyelvtudományi Intézete)  
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)  

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.
  
  • Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
  • The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
    •   

Similar To
Mansi and Khanty Languages  
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages  

Derived From
East and South Slavic Languages  
Arabic Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
40  
21
24  
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
14  
11
5  
2

How Many Consonants
25  
15
21  
11

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
36 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
szia  
Habari  

Thank You
köszönöm  
Asante  

How Are You?
Hogy vagy?  
Habari gani?  

Good Night
Jó Éjszakát  
Usiku mwema  

Good Evening
jó Estét  
Habari za jioni  

Good Afternoon
Jó Napot Kívánok  
nzuri Alasiri  

Good Morning
jó Reggelt  
Habari za asubuhi  

Please
Kérlek  
tafadhali  

Sorry
bocsi  
pole  

Bye
viszlát  
bye  

I Love You
Szeretlek  
nakupenda  

Excuse Me
elnézést  
Samahani  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Csángó  
Kiunguja  

Where They Speak
Bacău County, Rumania  
Zanzibar island  

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00  
34
75,000,000.00  
12

Dialect 2
Oberwart  
Kimrima  

Where They Speak
Austria  
Dar es Salaam  

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00  
32
75,000,000.00  
10

Dialect 3
Székely  
Kimgao  

Where They Speak
Székely Land  
Kilwa  

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00  
28
75,000,000.00  
9

Total No. Of Dialects
11  
11
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
13.00 million  
99+
150.00 million  
13

Speaking Population
0.19 %  
99+
0.42 %  
34

Native Speakers
13.00 million  
99+
15.00 million  
40

Second Language Speakers
0.07 million  
99+
75.00 million  
14

Native Name
magyar / magyar nyelv  
Kiswahili  

Alternative Names
Magyar  
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili  

French Name
hongrois  
swahili  

German Name
Ungarisch  
Swahili  

Pronunciation
[ˈmɒɟɒr]  
[swaˈhili]  

Ethnicity
Hungarians  
Swahili people or Waswahili  

History

Origin
1192 AD  
6th century  

Language Family
Uralic Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Finno-Ugric  
Benue-Congo  

Branch
Ugric  
Bantu  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Hungarian  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Modern Hungarian  
Swahili  

Language Position
66  
99+
21  
19

Signed Forms
Hungarian Sign Language  
Swahili Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual, Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
hu  
sw  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hun  
swa  

ISO 639 2/B
hun  
swa  

ISO 639 3
hun  
swa  

ISO 639 6
hun  
swa  

Glottocode
hung1274  
swah1254  

Linguasphere
ohu  
99-AUS-m  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic  
-  

Countries >>
<< All

Hungarian and Swahili Language History

Comparison of Hungarian vs Swahili language history gives us differences between origin of Hungarian and Swahili language. History of Hungarian language states that this language originated in 1192 AD whereas history of Swahili language states that this language originated in 6th 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 Swahili Language History.

Compare Most Difficult Languages

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

Hungarian vs Swahili Difficulty

The Hungarian vs Swahili difficulty level basically depends on the number of Hungarian Alphabets and Swahili 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 Swahili are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Hungarian and Swahili, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Hungarian is 44 weeks while to learn Swahili time required is 36 weeks.

Most Difficult Languages

Most Difficult Languages

» More Most Difficult Languages

Compare Most Difficult Languages

» More Compare Most Difficult Languages