http://translate.google.com/#en|hu| Click the above link to translate English to Hungarian or Hungarian to English. Google Translate It is free You can also get the pronunciation of the result. For Balog, type in Balog under English to Hungarian, hit translate then hit listen on the right. Joe Bilcze Alliance, OH -------Original Message------- From: Irving Schlinger Date: 9/19/2010 3:57:49 PM To: hungary@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [HUNGARY] Voice for surname pronunciation On 9/18/2010 6:26 PM, marlo wrote: > Cheryl, I bet it doesn't. I don't think any language sounds like he > Hungarian language. Margaret > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Cheryl Wenberg"<cherlock@cheqnet.net> > To:<hungary@rootsweb.com> > Cc:<inlake@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, September 18, 2010 3:40 PM > Subject: [HUNGARY] Voice for surname pronunciation > > >> Does anyone know if Rumanian and Hungarian sound alike? >> >> Cheryl >> >> >> >> Subject: Voice for surname pronunciation >> >> >> Cheryl: >> >> A web site has been unveiled that enables you to enter a surname or a >> place name to be spoken online. For instance, if you enter "Balog," both >> of the English voices will say băl' log, "log" like "dog," "log." Only >> some of the pronunciations are acceptable while the others are incorrect. >> An accent is used on wrong syllables, the sound of letters is mixed, and >> so on. The address is http://say.expressivo.com/. >> >> This site is geared to Polish spoken text though. You might be satisfied >> with foreign pronunciation by the Romanian voice. >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> HUNGARY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 8.5.445 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3143 - Release Date: 09/18/10 > 06:34:00 > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to HUNGARY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message Margaret & Cheryl, The closest European language to Hungarian is what they speak in Finland, and even that is quite distant. Both languages come from central Asia. Hungarian has imported a few foreign words over many years, mainly Slavic ones like 'utca' for 'street' which is 'ulitza' in Russian. Romanian, on the other hand, is a Latin derivative and sounds a bit like Pidgen Italian and nothing whatever like Hungarian. Irv Schlinger ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to HUNGARY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ____________________________________________________________ No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.445 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3145 - Release Date: 09/19/10 06:34:00