Sonorant Consonants
- Hungarian liquid consonants /l r/ correspond to Finnish and Estonian /l r/:
| Hungarian | Finnish | Estonian | meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| ár | ora | ora | awl (Hung., Es.), thorn (Fi.) |
| alatt | alla | all | under |
| él | elää | elama | to live |
| hal | kuolla | koolema | to die |
| lé : lev- | liemi | leem | liquid (Hung.), broth (Finnic) |
| nyal | nuolla | to lick | |
| nyíl | nuoli | nool | arrow |
| váll | olka | õla | shoulder |
Examples also include 'bit', 'to fear', 'cloud', 'fish', 'winter', 'flat', 'to push', 'bosom' listed above.
- Hungarian nasal consonants /m n ɲ/ correspond to Finnish and Estonian /m n n/:
| Hungarian | Finnish | Estonian | meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| mi | mikä : mi- | 'mis | what |
| megy : men- | mennä | minema | to go |
| meny | miniä | minia | daughter-in-law |
| mony (dialectal) | muna | muna | egg, testicle |
| negy | neljä | neli | four |
| név | nimi | nimi | name |
Further examples include (/m/:) 'honey', 'liver', 'eye', (/n/:) 'to plait', 'to see', 'sinew', (/ɲ/:) 'tear', 'palate', 'arrow', 'to lick' listed above. Word-internally a correspondence Hungarian /v/ : Finnic /m/ is also found, as seen in 'broth', 'name', and 'heart'.
- A correspondence can also be set up between Hungarian /g/ and Finnish and Estonian long vowels. With the help of the other Uralic languages, this can be reconstructed as *ŋ:
| Hungarian | Finnish | Estonian | meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| jég | jää | jää | ice |
| fog | pii | pii | tooth |
| fogoly | pyy | püü | hazelhen |
| ég | sää | sky (Hung.), weather (Fi.) | |
| egér | hiiri | hiir | mouse |
| vég | viimeinen | viimane | end (Hung.), last (Finnic) |
Read more about this topic: Regular Sound Correspondences Between Hungarian And Other Uralic Languages