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Swahili and Hungarian


Hungarian and Swahili


Countries

Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya  
European Union, Hungary, Serbia, Vojvodina, Serbia  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
5  
10

National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania  
Austria, Gambia, Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine  

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

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Africa, Europe  

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

Regulated By
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)  
known, Research Institute for Linguistics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (Magyar Tudományos Akadémia Nyelvtudományi Intézete)  

Interesting Facts
  • Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
  • The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
    •   
  • 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
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages  
Mansi and Khanty Languages  

Derived From
Arabic Language  
East and South Slavic Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
24  
6
40  
21

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
14  
11

How Many Consonants
21  
11
25  
15

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks  
13
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Habari  
szia  

Thank You
Asante  
köszönöm  

How Are You?
Habari gani?  
Hogy vagy?  

Good Night
Usiku mwema  
Jó Éjszakát  

Good Evening
Habari za jioni  
jó Estét  

Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri  
Jó Napot Kívánok  

Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi  
jó Reggelt  

Please
tafadhali  
Kérlek  

Sorry
pole  
bocsi  

Bye
bye  
viszlát  

I Love You
nakupenda  
Szeretlek  

Excuse Me
Samahani  
elnézést  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kiunguja  
Csángó  

Where They Speak
Zanzibar island  
Bacău County, Rumania  

How Many People Speak
75,000,000.00  
12
13,000,000.00  
34

Dialect 2
Kimrima  
Oberwart  

Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam  
Austria  

How Many People Speak
75,000,000.00  
10
13,000,000.00  
32

Dialect 3
Kimgao  
Székely  

Where They Speak
Kilwa  
Székely Land  

How Many People Speak
75,000,000.00  
9
13,000,000.00  
28

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
11  
11

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
150.00 million  
13
13.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.42 %  
34
0.19 %  
99+

Native Speakers
15.00 million  
40
13.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
75.00 million  
14
0.07 million  
99+

Native Name
Kiswahili  
magyar / magyar nyelv  

Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili  
Magyar  

French Name
swahili  
hongrois  

German Name
Swahili  
Ungarisch  

Pronunciation
[swaˈhili]  
[ˈmɒɟɒr]  

Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili  
Hungarians  

History

Origin
6th century  
1192 AD  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Uralic Family  

Subgroup
Benue-Congo  
Finno-Ugric  

Branch
Bantu  
Ugric  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Hungarian  

Standard Forms
Swahili  
Modern Hungarian  

Language Position
21  
19
66  
99+

Signed Forms
Swahili Sign Language  
Hungarian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sw  
hu  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
swa  
hun  

ISO 639 2/B
swa  
hun  

ISO 639 3
swa  
hun  

ISO 639 6
swa  
hun  

Glottocode
swah1254  
hung1274  

Linguasphere
99-AUS-m  
ohu  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Agglutinative, Synthetic  

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All Swahili and Hungarian Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Swahili and Hungarian dialects. Various dialects of Swahili and Hungarian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Swahili are spoken in different Swahili Speaking Countries whereas Hungarian Dialects are spoken in different Hungarian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Swahili vs Hungarian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Swahili dialects include: Kiunguja, Kimrima. Hungarian dialects include: Csángó , Oberwart. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Swahili and Hungarian Speaking population

Swahili and Hungarian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Swahili and Hungarian languages can be compared. The total count of Swahili and Hungarian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Swahili language is 0.42 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Hungarian language is 0.19 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Swahili and Hungarian on Swahili vs Hungarian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Swahili and Hungarian Language Codes

Swahili and Hungarian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Swahili and Hungarian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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