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Amharic vs Hausa


Hausa vs Amharic


Countries

Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.  
Nigeria  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Ethiopia  
Gambia, Nigeria  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Nigeria  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Africa  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
  • Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.
  
  • 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
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Derived From
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Alphabets

Alphabets in
Amharic-1.jpg#200  
Hausa-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
33  
15
44  
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
12  
9

How Many Consonants
31  
21
32  
22

Scripts
Ethiopic  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Selam  
sannu  

Thank You
amesege'nallo'  
gode ku  

How Are You?
Dehina newot?  
yaya dai  

Good Night
Dehna dur  
mai kyau dare  

Good Evening
melkam meshe't  
barka da yamma  

Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu  
barka da rana  

Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru  
mai kyau safe  

Please
i'bakwon  
Don Allah  

Sorry
aznallehu  
yi hakuri  

Bye
tschao  
sai anjima  

I Love You
afekirishalehu  
Ina son ku  

Excuse Me
yiqirta  
gafara dai  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gondar  
Gaananci  

Where They Speak
Gondar  
Ghana  

Dialect 2
Gojjami  
Kurhwayanci  

Where They Speak
Ethiopia  
Niger  

Dialect 3
Showa  
Daragaram  

Where They Speak
Ethiopia  
Niger  

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
20  
18

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.37 %  
35
0.52 %  
28

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
35.00 million  
27

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million  
23
15.00 million  
18

Native Name
Not Available  
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)  

Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian  
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa  

French Name
amharique  
haoussa  

German Name
Amharisch  
Haussa-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Amharas  
Hausa–Fulani people  

History

Origin
13th century  
14  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family  

Subgroup
Semitic  
Chadic  

Branch
Ethiopic  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Ge'ez  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Amharic  
Hausa  

Language Position
55  
40
34  
27

Signed Forms
Signed Amharic  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
am  
ha  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
amh  
hau  

ISO 639 2/B
amh  
hau  

ISO 639 3
amh  
hau  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
amha1245  
haus1257  

Linguasphere
12-ACB-a  
19-HAA-b  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Fusional  

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Amharic and Hausa Language History

Comparison of Amharic vs Hausa language history gives us differences between origin of Amharic and Hausa language. History of Amharic language states that this language originated in 13th century whereas history of Hausa language states that this language originated in 14. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Amharic and Hausa Language History.

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Amharic and Hausa Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Amharic and Hausa greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Amharic and Hausa language. Amharic word for "Hello" is Selam or Hausa word for "Thank You" is gode ku. Find more of such common Amharic Greetings and Hausa Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Amharic vs Hausa Difficulty

The Amharic vs Hausa difficulty level basically depends on the number of Amharic Alphabets and Hausa Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Amharic and Hausa are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Amharic and Hausa, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Amharic is 44 weeks while to learn Hausa time required is 44 weeks.

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