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Hungarian vs Irish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Ireland  
European Union, Hungary, Serbia, Vojvodina, Serbia  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
5  
10

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

Second Language
Ireland  
United States of America  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Africa, Europe  

Minority Language
United Kingdom  
Austria, Croatia, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine  

Regulated By
Foras na Gaeilge  
known, Research Institute for Linguistics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (Magyar Tudományos Akadémia Nyelvtudományi Intézete)  

Interesting Facts
  • In Irish language, there are no exact words for "yes" or "no".
  • There are different set of numbers for counting humans and another set for counting non-humans in Irish Language.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Scottish Gaelic and Welsh Languages  
Mansi and Khanty Languages  

Derived From
-  
East and South Slavic Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
18  
1
40  
21

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
14  
11

How Many Consonants
13  
3
25  
15

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks  
13
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Dia dhuit  
szia  

Thank You
Go raibh maith agat  
köszönöm  

How Are You?
Conas atá tú ?  
Hogy vagy?  

Good Night
Oíche mhaith  
Jó Éjszakát  

Good Evening
Tráthnóna maith duit  
jó Estét  

Good Afternoon
Tráthnóna maith duit  
Jó Napot Kívánok  

Good Morning
Dia dhuit ar maidin  
jó Reggelt  

Please
le do thoil  
Kérlek  

Sorry
Tá brón orm  
bocsi  

Bye
Slán  
viszlát  

I Love You
Is breá liom thú  
Szeretlek  

Excuse Me
Gabh mo leithscéal  
elnézést  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Connacht Irish  
Csángó  

Where They Speak
Connacht  
Bacău County, Rumania  

How Many People Speak
100,000.00  
99+
13,000,000.00  
34

Dialect 2
Munster Irish  
Oberwart  

Where They Speak
Munster  
Austria  

How Many People Speak
150,000.00  
99+
13,000,000.00  
32

Dialect 3
Ulster Irish  
Székely  

Where They Speak
Ulster  
Székely Land  

How Many People Speak
140,000.00  
99+
13,000,000.00  
28

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
11  
11

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.03 %  
99+
0.19 %  
99+

Native Speakers
0.14 million  
99+
13.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
1.65 million  
99+
0.07 million  
99+

Native Name
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge  
magyar / magyar nyelv  

Alternative Names
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish  
Magyar  

French Name
irlandais moyen  
hongrois  

German Name
Mittelirisch  
Ungarisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]  
[ˈmɒɟɒr]  

Ethnicity
Irish people  
Hungarians  

History

Origin
c. 750  
1192 AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Uralic Family  

Subgroup
Celtic  
Finno-Ugric  

Branch
Goidelic  
Ugric  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish  
Old Hungarian  

Standard Forms
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil  
Modern Hungarian  

Language Position
25  
23
66  
99+

Signed Forms
Irish Sign Language  
Hungarian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ga  
hu  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
gle  
hun  

ISO 639 2/B
gle  
hun  

ISO 639 3
gle  
hun  

ISO 639 6
gle  
hun  

Glottocode
iris1253  
hung1274  

Linguasphere
50-AAA  
ohu  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Agglutinative, Synthetic  

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Irish and Hungarian Language History

Comparison of Irish vs Hungarian language history gives us differences between origin of Irish and Hungarian language. History of Irish language states that this language originated in c. 750 whereas history of Hungarian language states that this language originated in 1192 AD. 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 Irish and Hungarian Language History.

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

Irish vs Hungarian Difficulty

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

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