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Afrikaans and Hausa


Hausa and Afrikaans


Countries

Countries
South Africa   
Nigeria   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
South Africa   
Gambia, Nigeria   

Second Language
Namibia, South Africa   
Nigeria   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Africa   

Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe   
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo   

Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
  • Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
  
  • Hausa language is the most important and the best known of the Chadic branch.
  • There are about one-fourth of Hausa words come from Arabic.
  

Similar To
Dutch Language   
Not Available   

Derived From
Dutch Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Afrikaans-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Hausa-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
32   
14
44   
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15   
12
12   
9

How Many Consonants
17   
7
32   
22

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
hallo   
sannu   

Thank You
Dankie   
gode ku   

How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit   
yaya dai   

Good Night
goeie nag   
mai kyau dare   

Good Evening
Goeienaand   
barka da yamma   

Good Afternoon
Goeie middag   
barka da rana   

Good Morning
goeie more   
mai kyau safe   

Please
asseblief   
Don Allah   

Sorry
jammer   
yi hakuri   

Bye
Not Available   
sai anjima   

I Love You
Ek het jou lief   
Ina son ku   

Excuse Me
Verskoon my   
gafara dai   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans   
Gaananci   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Ghana   

Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans   
Kurhwayanci   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Niger   

Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans   
Daragaram   

Where They Speak
Namibia   
Niger   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
20   
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
19.00 million   
99+
50.00 million   
28

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.52 %   
28

Native Speakers
7.10 million   
99+
35.00 million   
27

Second Language Speakers
10.30 million   
22
15.00 million   
18

Native Name
Afrikaans   
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)   

Alternative Names
Cape Dutch   
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa   

French Name
afrikaans   
haoussa   

German Name
Afrikaans   
Haussa-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Afrikaners   
Hausa–Fulani people   

History

Origin
17th Century   
14   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Chadic   

Branch
Western   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans   
Hausa   

Language Position
Not Available   
34   
27

Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
af   
ha   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
afr   
hau   

ISO 639 2/B
afr   
hau   

ISO 639 3
afr   
hau   

ISO 639 6
afrs   
Not Available   

Glottocode
afri1274   
haus1257   

Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba   
19-HAA-b   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic   
Fusional   

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All Afrikaans and Hausa Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Afrikaans and Hausa dialects. Various dialects of Afrikaans and Hausa language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Afrikaans are spoken in different Afrikaans Speaking Countries whereas Hausa Dialects are spoken in different Hausa speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Afrikaans vs Hausa Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Afrikaans dialects include: Kaapse Afrikaans, Oranjeriverafrikaans. Hausa dialects include: Gaananci , Kurhwayanci. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Afrikaans and Hausa Speaking population

Afrikaans and Hausa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Afrikaans and Hausa languages can be compared. The total count of Afrikaans and Hausa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Hausa language is 0.52 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Afrikaans and Hausa on Afrikaans vs Hausa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Afrikaans and Hausa Language Codes

Afrikaans and Hausa language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Afrikaans and Hausa Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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