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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
Not Available   
Not Available   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

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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