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Xhosa vs Hungarian


Hungarian vs Xhosa


Countries

Countries
South Africa  
European Union, Hungary, Serbia, Vojvodina, Serbia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
5  
10

National Language
South Africa  
Austria, Gambia, Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine  

Second Language
Lesotho, South Africa  
United States of America  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Africa, Europe  

Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho  
Austria, Croatia, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine  

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

Interesting Facts
  • Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
  • The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.
  
  • 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
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele  
Mansi and Khanty Languages  

Derived From
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages  
East and South Slavic Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53  
32
40  
21

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
14  
11

How Many Consonants
43  
32
25  
15

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Molo  
szia  

Thank You
Ndiyabulela  
köszönöm  

How Are You?
Unjani  
Hogy vagy?  

Good Night
Ulale kakuhle  
Jó Éjszakát  

Good Evening
Ubusuku obuhle  
jó Estét  

Good Afternoon
Uben' emva kwemini entle  
Jó Napot Kívánok  

Good Morning
Molo  
jó Reggelt  

Please
Ndicela  
Kérlek  

Sorry
Ndicela uxolo  
bocsi  

Bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle  
viszlát  

I Love You
Ndiyakuthanda  
Szeretlek  

Excuse Me
Uxolo  
elnézést  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gcaleka  
Csángó  

Where They Speak
South Africa  
Bacău County, Rumania  

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

Dialect 2
Thembu  
Oberwart  

Where They Speak
South Africa  
Austria  

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

Dialect 3
Hlubi  
Székely  

Where They Speak
South Africa  
Székely Land  

How Many People Speak
19.00  
99+
13,000,000.00  
28

Total No. Of Dialects
9  
9
11  
11

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.11 %  
99+
0.19 %  
99+

Native Speakers
8.20 million  
99+
13.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
11.00 million  
39
0.07 million  
99+

Native Name
isiXhosa  
magyar / magyar nyelv  

Alternative Names
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa  
Magyar  

French Name
xhosa  
hongrois  

German Name
Xhosa-Sprache  
Ungarisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈkǁʰɔ̀ːsa]  
[ˈmɒɟɒr]  

Ethnicity
amaXhosa, amaBhaca  
Hungarians  

History

Origin
16th 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
isiXhosa  
Modern Hungarian  

Language Position
21  
19
66  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa  
Hungarian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
xh  
hu  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
xho  
hun  

ISO 639 2/B
xho  
hun  

ISO 639 3
xho  
hun  

ISO 639 6
xho  
hun  

Glottocode
xhos1239  
hung1274  

Linguasphere
99-AUT-fa  
ohu  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Agglutinative, Synthetic  

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Xhosa and Hungarian Language History

Comparison of Xhosa vs Hungarian language history gives us differences between origin of Xhosa and Hungarian language. History of Xhosa language states that this language originated in 16th 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 Xhosa and Hungarian Language History.

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

Xhosa vs Hungarian Difficulty

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

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