Is Hungarian or Russian harder to learn?

Hungarian is harder for most people. The only thing that is easier for an Indo-European language speaker is that Hungarian uses the Latin alphabet while Russian is Cyrillic.

Is Russian similar to Hungarian?

The Khanty and Mansi languages have been influenced by Russian for a long time, meaning that they have a lot of Slavic loan words. Hungarian on the other hand, has loanwords from many of the languages that it has been into contact with historically, especially the Turkic languages.

How long does it take to speak Hungarian fluently?

Reaching the advanced level means that you’re finally fluent in Hungarian. According to the FSI, reaching this level of fluency will take you about 44 weeks (or 1100 hours) if you study for an hour every day. This is a huge time commitment, but if you’re persistent, you can become fluent in Hungarian!

How long does it take to fluently learn Russian?

about 1100 hours
The Foreign Service Institute of the United States has determined that it takes about 1100 hours of study to reach fluency in Russian. If you’re willing to study 3 hours every day, it could take you a year to reach that level.

What language is most like Hungarian?

The Finno-Ugric languages also include Finnish, Estonian, Lappic (Sámi) and some other languages spoken in Russia: Khanty and Mansi are the most closely related to Hungarian.

Is it easier to learn Hungarian or Russian?

In many ways despite it’s ‘strangeness’ Hungarian is easier than Russian. The pronunciation of Russian is harder because the stress is irregular, the difference between soft and hard consonants is important and vowels vary in pronunciation according to where they come in relation to the stress.

How difficult is Hungarian for an English speaker to learn?

Hungarian is more difficult for an English speaker, for several reasons: It belongs to a different language family, so almost all of the vocabulary is different from an Indo-European language. (To be sure there are many borrowings from IE languages, e.g. German and English), but all of the every day words are unlike anything you already know.

Why is the pronunciation of Russian and Hungarian different?

The pronunciation of Russian is harder because the stress is irregular, the difference between soft and hard consonants is important and vowels vary in pronunciation according to where they come in relation to the stressed syllable. Hungarian has completely regular stress and vowels don’t vary in pronunciation.

What is the gender of the Hungarian language?

There is no gender in Hungarian. Russian is an Indo-European language, which means it has the same “floor plan” as English, but most of the cognate vocabulary is unrecognizable unless you know a lot of historical linguistics. There are a great many loan words from European languages in Russian: English, French, Dutch, German, Latin, Greek.