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Sinhalese vs Hungarian


Hungarian vs Sinhalese


Countries

Countries
Sri Lanka  
European Union, Hungary, Serbia, Vojvodina, Serbia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
5  
10

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

Second Language
Sri Lanka  
United States of America  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa, Europe  

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

Regulated By
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)  
known, Research Institute for Linguistics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (Magyar Tudományos Akadémia Nyelvtudományi Intézete)  

Interesting Facts
  • In Sinhalese language, there are many loanwords from Dravidian languages mainly Tamil, Portuguese, Dutch and English.
  • Sinhalese language has it own script/ writing system.
  
  • 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
Maldivian Language  
Mansi and Khanty Languages  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
East and South Slavic Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
54  
33
40  
21

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
18  
15
14  
11

How Many Consonants
36  
26
25  
15

Scripts
Sinhala alphabet  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
හලෝ (halō)  
szia  

Thank You
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)  
köszönöm  

How Are You?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)  
Hogy vagy?  

Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)  
Jó Éjszakát  

Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)  
jó Estét  

Good Afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)  
Jó Napot Kívánok  

Good Morning
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)  
jó Reggelt  

Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)  
Kérlek  

Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)  
bocsi  

Bye
බායි (bāyi)  
viszlát  

I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)  
Szeretlek  

Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)  
elnézést  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Vedda  
Csángó  

Where They Speak
Sri Lanka  
Bacău County, Rumania  

How Many People Speak
19,000,000.00  
30
13,000,000.00  
34

Dialect 2
Sri Lankan Sinhala  
Oberwart  

Where They Speak
-  
Austria  

How Many People Speak
19,000,000.00  
27
13,000,000.00  
32

Dialect 3
Up-Country Sinhalese  
Székely  

Where They Speak
-  
Székely Land  

How Many People Speak
16,000,000.00  
27
13,000,000.00  
28

Total No. Of Dialects
1  
1
11  
11

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.25 %  
99+
0.19 %  
99+

Native Speakers
16.00 million  
39
13.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
2.00 million  
99+
0.07 million  
99+

Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)  
magyar / magyar nyelv  

Alternative Names
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala  
Magyar  

French Name
singhalais  
hongrois  

German Name
Singhalesisch  
Ungarisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈsiŋhəliːz]  
[ˈmɒɟɒr]  

Ethnicity
Sinhalese people  
Hungarians  

History

Origin
3  
1192 AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Uralic Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Finno-Ugric  

Branch
Indic  
Ugric  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit  
Old Hungarian  

Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese  
Modern Hungarian  

Language Position
70  
99+
66  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Sinhalese  
Hungarian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
si  
hu  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sin  
hun  

ISO 639 2/B
sin  
hun  

ISO 639 3
sin  
hun  

ISO 639 6
sin  
hun  

Glottocode
sinh1246  
hung1274  

Linguasphere
No data available  
ohu  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Agglutinative, Synthetic  

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Sinhalese and Hungarian Language History

Comparison of Sinhalese vs Hungarian language history gives us differences between origin of Sinhalese and Hungarian language. History of Sinhalese language states that this language originated in 3 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 Sinhalese and Hungarian Language History.

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

Sinhalese vs Hungarian Difficulty

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

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