I know they are of the same language family.Are there many common words in both languages?
2006-11-02 07:25:10 · 12 answers · asked by edd 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
The only one I know is the word "kartal" which means eagle in both languages. Also, we have the same name Attila (or Atilla) as it's the name of a famous historical figure in Hungary and Turkey. He was the leader of the West Hun Empire.
2006-11-02 07:36:16 · answer #1 · answered by Earthling 7 · 4⤊ 2⤋
Whoooa... Ok, Turkish and Hungarian are NOT from the same language family. Hungarian belongs to the Uralic language family, the same as Finnish, for example, while Turkish is Altaic. However, we are related much to Turkish languages due to our past. We lived together with different Turkish people for many centuries (both before we settled down in Hungary and after), so many words come from them. We also "borrowed" some foods and other cultural elements.
Here's a list of the Turkic loanwords:
2006-11-02 15:59:12 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Not only Hungarian and Turkish are related. Finnish, Turkish and Hungarian form one language group.
I live in Europe. I know some Turkish, I've got Hungarian,Turkish and Finnish channels through my satellite dish.
All three have there origin in the Ural. The three languages share grammar features like one word sentences and the use of suffixes instead of using prepositions like on, in or up.
Finnish and Turkish share the same given names. Hakan for instance is a boy's name you'll find in both Turkey and Finland.
2006-11-02 08:03:19 · answer #3 · answered by alternative_be 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Hey Edd,
I found an interesting article in Wikipedia on how related the languages are. Here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungarian_language
Some similar words:
batur (Turkish) ba'tor (Hungarian) Brave
arpa (Turkish) a'rpa (Hungarian) Barley
This is even better: A Turkish-Hungarian vocabulary comparison by the Turkish Cultural Program List. Here:
http://www.columbia.edu/~sss31/Turkiye/macarca.turkce.html
Hope this helps
2006-11-02 07:58:58 · answer #4 · answered by اري 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
This seems to be a myth. Hungarian and Finnish are uralic languages. Turkish is altaic. There are, however similarities.
Turkish follows the Silk road. Although Turkish is said to be spoken in Turkey, Cyprus, parts of Bulgaria, Iraq and Iran and to be related to Azeri (Azerbaijan), and Turkestani to be spoken in West China (by the Uighur) , Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Kirghistan, my experience is that all these people can understand each other without too much difficulty.
2006-11-02 20:22:24 · answer #5 · answered by cymry3jones 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Nooooo. They are not of the same language family. I study finno-ungric ( sorry, i am dutch, i do not know the english translation) languages. Hungary has been invaded by the Turks though, and some influences can be found. Hungarian is related to finnish, but hungarians and fins understand each other problably just as much as you and me when i would speak dutch to you.
2006-11-03 07:18:17 · answer #6 · answered by ingrid 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, Finnish isn't on the subject of Turkish. Many languages might share similarities with one yet another with out being appropriate in any way. Having many suffixes does no longer count selection as a evidence of similarity/language relation. Estonian is a different case.
2016-11-27 00:00:46 · answer #7 · answered by paula 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not much. My understanding is that Hungarian is not really related to other languages in Europe, other than Finnish.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finno-Ugric_languages
I didn't read very carefully on the web, but I gather that there is some borrowing going on between Hungarian and Turkish. That doesn't make them related, though.
2006-11-02 17:34:23 · answer #8 · answered by drshorty 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
about as much as you and me a lot of languages have similar words Italian and Spanish but they are not the same also Turks are mainly Muslim Hungary Christian
2006-11-02 07:36:13 · answer #9 · answered by SH1T 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋
no i think they r not related!
2006-11-02 07:38:07 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋