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Hungarian vs Turkish


Countries

Countries
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey  
European Union, Hungary, Serbia, Vojvodina, Serbia  

Total No. Of Countries
11  
5
5  
10

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

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

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Africa, Europe  

Minority Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania  
Austria, Croatia, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine  

Regulated By
Turkish Language Association  
known, Research Institute for Linguistics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (Magyar Tudományos Akadémia Nyelvtudományi Intézete)  

Interesting Facts
  • Turkish language oldest written records are found upon stone monuments in Central Asia, in Orhun, Yenisey and Talas regions.
  • Turkish language was developed in the Middle East, streching all the way to Eastern Europe.
  
  • 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
Azerbaijani Language  
Mansi and Khanty Languages  

Derived From
-  
East and South Slavic Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
40  
21

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
14  
11

How Many Consonants
21  
11
25  
15

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
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
Merhaba  
szia  

Thank You
teşekkür ederim  
köszönöm  

How Are You?
Nasılsın?  
Hogy vagy?  

Good Night
İyi Geceler  
Jó Éjszakát  

Good Evening
İyi Akşamlar  
jó Estét  

Good Afternoon
Tünaydın  
Jó Napot Kívánok  

Good Morning
günaydın  
jó Reggelt  

Please
lütfen  
Kérlek  

Sorry
üzgünüm  
bocsi  

Bye
Hoşçakal  
viszlát  

I Love You
Seni seviyorum  
Szeretlek  

Excuse Me
Afedersiniz  
elnézést  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Azerbaijani Turkish  
Csángó  

Where They Speak
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey  
Bacău County, Rumania  

How Many People Speak
26,000,000.00  
25
13,000,000.00  
34

Dialect 2
Crimean Turkish  
Oberwart  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  
Austria  

How Many People Speak
480,000.00  
99+
13,000,000.00  
32

Dialect 3
Gagauz  
Székely  

Where They Speak
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine  
Székely Land  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
9  
9
11  
11

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
75.00 million  
23
13.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.95 %  
22
0.19 %  
99+

Native Speakers
60.00 million  
20
13.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million  
34
0.07 million  
99+

Native Name
Türkçe  
magyar / magyar nyelv  

Alternative Names
Anatolian, Türkisch  
Magyar  

French Name
turc  
hongrois  

German Name
Türkisch  
Ungarisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]  
[ˈmɒɟɒr]  

Ethnicity
Turkish  
Hungarians  

History

Origin
c. 1350  
1192 AD  

Language Family
Turkic Family  
Uralic Family  

Subgroup
Turkic  
Finno-Ugric  

Branch
Southwestern(Oghuz)  
Ugric  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish  
Old Hungarian  

Standard Forms
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)  
Modern Hungarian  

Language Position
19  
17
66  
99+

Signed Forms
Turkish Sign Language  
Hungarian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
tr  
hu  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tur  
hun  

ISO 639 2/B
tur  
hun  

ISO 639 3
tur  
hun  

ISO 639 6
tur  
hun  

Glottocode
nucl1301  
hung1274  

Linguasphere
44-AAB-a  
ohu  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Agglutinative, Synthetic  

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Turkish and Hungarian Language History

Comparison of Turkish vs Hungarian language history gives us differences between origin of Turkish and Hungarian language. History of Turkish language states that this language originated in c. 1350 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 Turkish and Hungarian Language History.

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

Turkish vs Hungarian Difficulty

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

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