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Ukrainian vs Hungarian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Hungary, Serbia, Vojvodina, Serbia  
Ukraine  

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
1  
14

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

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

Speaking Continents
Africa, Europe  
Europe  

Minority Language
Austria, Croatia, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia  

Regulated By
known, Research Institute for Linguistics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (Magyar Tudományos Akadémia Nyelvtudományi Intézete)  
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Institute for the Ukrainian Language  

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.
  
  • Ukrainian Language is second most widespread among the Slavic languages after the Russian Language.
  • Ukrainian Language is among the top three most melodious language in the world.
  

Similar To
Mansi and Khanty Languages  
Russian and Belarusian Languages  

Derived From
East and South Slavic Languages  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
40  
21
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
14  
11
6  
3

How Many Consonants
25  
15
22  
12

Scripts
Latin  
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
szia  
Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte)  

Thank You
köszönöm  
Дякую (Dyakuyu)  

How Are You?
Hogy vagy?  
Як ти поживаєш? (Jak ty požyvajesh?)  

Good Night
Jó Éjszakát  
На добраніч (Na dobranič)  

Good Evening
jó Estét  
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)  

Good Afternoon
Jó Napot Kívánok  
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)  

Good Morning
jó Reggelt  
Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)  

Please
Kérlek  
будь ласк  

Sorry
bocsi  
вибачте (vybachte)  

Bye
viszlát  
до побачення (do pobachennya)  

I Love You
Szeretlek  
я тебе люблю (ya tebe lyublyu)  

Excuse Me
elnézést  
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Csángó  
Podillian  

Where They Speak
Bacău County, Rumania  
North Odessa Oblast, South Khmelnytskyi, South Vinnytsia  

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00  
34
42,000,000.00  
17

Dialect 2
Oberwart  
Volynian  

Where They Speak
Austria  
Rivne, Volyn  

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00  
32
44,000,000.00  
15

Dialect 3
Székely  
Steppe  

Where They Speak
Székely Land  
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine  

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00  
28
42,000,000.00  
14

Total No. Of Dialects
11  
11
15  
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
13.00 million  
99+
39.00 million  
32

Speaking Population
0.19 %  
99+
0.46 %  
32

Native Speakers
13.00 million  
99+
39.00 million  
25

Second Language Speakers
0.07 million  
99+
30.00 million  
26

Native Name
magyar / magyar nyelv  
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)  

Alternative Names
Magyar  
Ukrayins'ka Mova  

French Name
hongrois  
ukrainien  

German Name
Ungarisch  
Ukrainisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈmɒɟɒr]  
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]  

Ethnicity
Hungarians  
Ukrainians  

History

Origin
1192 AD  
1561  

Language Family
Uralic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Finno-Ugric  
Slavic  

Branch
Ugric  
Eastern  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Hungarian  
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian  

Standard Forms
Modern Hungarian  
Modern Ukrainian  

Language Position
66  
99+
26  
24

Signed Forms
Hungarian Sign Language  
Ukrainian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
hu  
uk  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hun  
ukr  

ISO 639 2/B
hun  
ukr  

ISO 639 3
hun  
ukr  

ISO 639 6
hun  
ukr  

Glottocode
hung1274  
ukra1253  

Linguasphere
ohu  
53-AAA-eda to 53-AAA-edq  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Hungarian and Ukrainian Language History

Comparison of Hungarian vs Ukrainian language history gives us differences between origin of Hungarian and Ukrainian language. History of Hungarian language states that this language originated in 1192 AD whereas history of Ukrainian language states that this language originated in 1561. 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 Ukrainian Language History.

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

Hungarian vs Ukrainian Difficulty

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

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