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Welsh vs Hungarian


Hungarian vs Welsh


Countries

Countries
Wales  
European Union, Hungary, Serbia, Vojvodina, Serbia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
5  
10

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

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

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Africa, Europe  

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

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

Interesting Facts
  • One of the Celtic language still spoken with great numbers of speakers is Welsh language.
  • Welsh was evolved from British , which was spoken by ancient Britons.
  
  • 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
English Language  
Mansi and Khanty Languages  

Derived From
British Language  
East and South Slavic Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
40  
21

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
14  
11

How Many Consonants
21  
11
25  
15

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
10
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Helô  
szia  

Thank You
Diolch  
köszönöm  

How Are You?
Sut ydych chi?  
Hogy vagy?  

Good Night
Nos da  
Jó Éjszakát  

Good Evening
Noswaith dda  
jó Estét  

Good Afternoon
P'nawn da  
Jó Napot Kívánok  

Good Morning
Bore da  
jó Reggelt  

Please
os gwelwch yn dda  
Kérlek  

Sorry
Mae'n ddrwg gennym  
bocsi  

Bye
Hwyl  
viszlát  

I Love You
Dw i'n dy garu di  
Szeretlek  

Excuse Me
Esgusodwch fi  
elnézést  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Patagonian Welsh  
Csángó  

Where They Speak
Argentina  
Bacău County, Rumania  

How Many People Speak
38,000.00  
99+
13,000,000.00  
34

Dialect 2
Y Wyndodeg  
Oberwart  

Where They Speak
Gwynedd  
Austria  

How Many People Speak
700,000.00  
99+
13,000,000.00  
32

Dialect 3
Y Bowyseg  
Székely  

Where They Speak
Powys  
Székely Land  

How Many People Speak
700,000.00  
99+
13,000,000.00  
28

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
11  
11

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.24 %  
99+
0.19 %  
99+

Native Speakers
7.40 million  
99+
13.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
0.70 million  
99+
0.07 million  
99+

Native Name
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg  
magyar / magyar nyelv  

Alternative Names
Cymraeg  
Magyar  

French Name
gallois  
hongrois  

German Name
Kymrisch  
Ungarisch  

Pronunciation
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]  
[ˈmɒɟɒr]  

Ethnicity
Welsh people  
Hungarians  

History

Origin
9th Century  
1192 AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Uralic Family  

Subgroup
Celtic  
Finno-Ugric  

Branch
Brythonic  
Ugric  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh  
Old Hungarian  

Standard Forms
Welsh  
Modern Hungarian  

Language Position
31  
29
66  
99+

Signed Forms
Welsh Sign Language  
Hungarian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
cy  
hu  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
cym  
hun  

ISO 639 2/B
wel  
hun  

ISO 639 3
cym  
hun  

ISO 639 6
cym  
hun  

Glottocode
wels1247  
hung1274  

Linguasphere
50-ABA  
ohu  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Agglutinative, Synthetic  

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Welsh and Hungarian Language History

Comparison of Welsh vs Hungarian language history gives us differences between origin of Welsh and Hungarian language. History of Welsh language states that this language originated in 9th 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 Welsh and Hungarian Language History.

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

Welsh vs Hungarian Difficulty

The Welsh vs Hungarian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Welsh 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 Welsh and Hungarian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Welsh and Hungarian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Welsh is 30 weeks while to learn Hungarian time required is 44 weeks.

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