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Hungarian vs Turkish


Turkish vs Hungarian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Hungary, Serbia, Vojvodina, Serbia   
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey   

Total No. Of Countries
5   
10
11   
5

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

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

Speaking Continents
Africa, Europe   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Austria, Croatia, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine   
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania   

Regulated By
known, Research Institute for Linguistics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (Magyar Tudományos Akadémia Nyelvtudományi Intézete)   
Turkish Language Association   

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.
  
  • Turkish language oldest written records are found upon stone monuments in Central Asia, in Orhun, Yenisey and Talas regions.
  • Turkish language was developed in the Middle East, streching all the way to Eastern Europe.
  

Similar To
Mansi and Khanty Languages   
Azerbaijani Language   

Derived From
East and South Slavic Languages   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
40   
21
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
14   
11
8   
5

How Many Consonants
25   
15
21   
11

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
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
szia   
Merhaba   

Thank You
köszönöm   
teşekkür ederim   

How Are You?
Hogy vagy?   
Nasılsın?   

Good Night
Jó Éjszakát   
İyi Geceler   

Good Evening
jó Estét   
İyi Akşamlar   

Good Afternoon
Jó Napot Kívánok   
Tünaydın   

Good Morning
jó Reggelt   
günaydın   

Please
Kérlek   
lütfen   

Sorry
bocsi   
üzgünüm   

Bye
viszlát   
Hoşçakal   

I Love You
Szeretlek   
Seni seviyorum   

Excuse Me
elnézést   
Afedersiniz   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Csángó   
Azerbaijani Turkish   

Where They Speak
Bacău County, Rumania   
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
26,000,000.00   
9

Dialect 2
Oberwart   
Crimean Turkish   

Where They Speak
Austria   
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
480,000.00   
29

Dialect 3
Székely   
Gagauz   

Where They Speak
Székely Land   
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
140,000.00   
26

Total No. Of Dialects
11   
11
9   
9

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
13.00 million   
99+
75.00 million   
23

Speaking Population
0.19 %   
99+
0.95 %   
21

Native Speakers
13.00 million   
99+
60.00 million   
20

Second Language Speakers
0.07 million   
38
15.00 million   
18

Native Name
magyar / magyar nyelv   
Türkçe   

Alternative Names
Magyar   
Anatolian, Türkisch   

French Name
hongrois   
turc   

German Name
Ungarisch   
Türkisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈmɒɟɒr]   
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]   

Ethnicity
Hungarians   
Turkish   

History

Origin
1192 AD   
c. 1350   

Language Family
Uralic Family   
Turkic Family   

Subgroup
Finno-Ugric   
Turkic   

Branch
Ugric   
Southwestern(Oghuz)   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Hungarian   
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish   

Standard Forms
Modern Hungarian   
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)   

Language Position
66   
99+
19   
17

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Turkish Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
hu   
tr   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hun   
tur   

ISO 639 2/B
hun   
tur   

ISO 639 3
hun   
tur   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
hung1274   
nucl1301   

Linguasphere
ohu   
44-AAB-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic   
Synthetic   

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Hungarian and Turkish Language History

Comparison of Hungarian vs Turkish language history gives us differences between origin of Hungarian and Turkish language. History of Hungarian language states that this language originated in 1192 AD whereas history of Turkish language states that this language originated in c. 1350. 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 Turkish Language History.

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

Hungarian vs Turkish Difficulty

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

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