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Somali vs Hungarian


Hungarian vs Somali


Countries

Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia  
European Union, Hungary, Serbia, Vojvodina, Serbia  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
5  
10

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

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

Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East  
Africa, Europe  

Minority Language
Yemen  
Austria, Croatia, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine  

Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy  
known, Research Institute for Linguistics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (Magyar Tudományos Akadémia Nyelvtudományi Intézete)  

Interesting Facts
  • Somali language is one of the best documented Afro-Asiatic languages.
  • One of the most widely spoken of the Cushitic languages is the Somali 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
Afar and Oromo Language  
Mansi and Khanty Languages  

Derived From
Arabic Language  
East and South Slavic Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
40  
21

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
14  
11

How Many Consonants
21  
11
25  
15

Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks  
18
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Hello  
szia  

Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay  
köszönöm  

How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?  
Hogy vagy?  

Good Night
Habeenka Good  
Jó Éjszakát  

Good Evening
Evening Good  
jó Estét  

Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan  
Jó Napot Kívánok  

Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan  
jó Reggelt  

Please
Fadlan  
Kérlek  

Sorry
sorry  
bocsi  

Bye
caraysiiyo  
viszlát  

I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay  
Szeretlek  

Excuse Me
iga raali ahow  
elnézést  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Somali  
Csángó  

Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali  
Bacău County, Rumania  

How Many People Speak
16,000,000.00  
32
13,000,000.00  
34

Dialect 2
Benaadir  
Oberwart  

Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu  
Austria  

How Many People Speak
16,000,000.00  
30
13,000,000.00  
32

Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf  
Székely  

Where They Speak
Standard Somali  
Székely Land  

How Many People Speak
21.00  
99+
13,000,000.00  
28

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
11  
11

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.07 %  
99+
0.19 %  
99+

Native Speakers
8.00 million  
99+
13.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
21.00 million  
29
0.07 million  
99+

Native Name
af Soomaali  
magyar / magyar nyelv  

Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga  
Magyar  

French Name
somali  
hongrois  

German Name
Somali  
Ungarisch  

Pronunciation
[afsoomaali]  
[ˈmɒɟɒr]  

Ethnicity
Somalis  
Hungarians  

History

Origin
19th century  
1192 AD  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Uralic Family  

Subgroup
Cushitic  
Finno-Ugric  

Branch
-  
Ugric  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Hungarian  

Standard Forms
Somali  
Modern Hungarian  

Language Position
83  
99+
66  
99+

Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language  
Hungarian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
so  
hu  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
som  
hun  

ISO 639 2/B
som  
hun  

ISO 639 3
som  
hun  

ISO 639 6
som  
hun  

Glottocode
soma1255  
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
-  
Agglutinative, Synthetic  

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Somali and Hungarian Language History

Comparison of Somali vs Hungarian language history gives us differences between origin of Somali and Hungarian language. History of Somali language states that this language originated in 19th century 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 Somali and Hungarian Language History.

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

Somali vs Hungarian Difficulty

The Somali vs Hungarian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Somali 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 Somali and Hungarian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Somali and Hungarian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Somali is 52 weeks while to learn Hungarian time required is 44 weeks.

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