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Countries

Countries
European Union, Hungary, Serbia, Vojvodina, Serbia  
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden  

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
4  
11

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

Second Language
United States of America  
Finland  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Europe  
Antartica, Europe  

Minority Language
Austria, Croatia, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine  
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America  

Regulated By
known, Research Institute for Linguistics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (Magyar Tudományos Akadémia Nyelvtudományi Intézete)  
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish 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.
  
  • In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
  • Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  

Similar To
Mansi and Khanty Languages  
Norwegian and Danish Language  

Derived From
East and South Slavic Languages  
Old Norse Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Hungarian-alphabets.jpg#200  
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
40  
21
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
14  
11
9  
6

How Many Consonants
25  
15
18  
8

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  
hej  

Thank You
köszönöm  
tacka dig  

How Are You?
Hogy vagy?  
hur mår du  

Good Night
Jó Éjszakát  
godnatt  

Good Evening
jó Estét  
god kväll  

Good Afternoon
Jó Napot Kívánok  
god eftermiddag  

Good Morning
jó Reggelt  
god morgon  

Please
Kérlek  
vänligen  

Sorry
bocsi  
ledsen  

Bye
viszlát  
hej då  

I Love You
Szeretlek  
jag älskar dig  

Excuse Me
elnézést  
ursäkta mig  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Csángó  
Dialects  

Where They Speak
Bacău County, Rumania  
Gabon  

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00  
34
78,000,000.00  
9

Dialect 2
Oberwart  
Dialects  

Where They Speak
Austria  
Georgia  

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00  
32
78,000,000.00  
7

Dialect 3
Székely  
Dialects  

Where They Speak
Székely Land  
France  

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00  
28
96,000,000.00  
5

Total No. Of Dialects
11  
11
79  
33

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.19 %  
99+
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
13.00 million  
99+
8.70 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
0.07 million  
99+
5.00 million  
99+

Native Name
magyar / magyar nyelv  
Svenska  

Alternative Names
Magyar  
Ruotsi, Svenska  

French Name
hongrois  
suédois  

German Name
Ungarisch  
Schwedisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈmɒɟɒr]  
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]  

Ethnicity
Hungarians  
Swedes, Finland Swedes  

History

Origin
1192 AD  
13th Century  

Language Family
Uralic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Finno-Ugric  
Germanic  

Branch
Ugric  
Northern (Scandinavian)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Hungarian  
Old Swedish  

Standard Forms
Modern Hungarian  
Standard Swedish  

Language Position
66  
99+
89  
99+

Signed Forms
Hungarian Sign Language  
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
hu  
sv  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hun  
swe  

ISO 639 2/B
hun  
swe  

ISO 639 3
hun  
swe  

ISO 639 6
hun  
swe  

Glottocode
hung1274  
swed1254  

Linguasphere
ohu  
52-AAA-ck to -cw  

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 Swedish Language History

Comparison of Hungarian vs Swedish language history gives us differences between origin of Hungarian and Swedish language. History of Hungarian language states that this language originated in 1192 AD whereas history of Swedish language states that this language originated in 13th 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 Swedish Language History.

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

Hungarian vs Swedish Difficulty

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

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