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Cantonese vs Hausa


Hausa vs Cantonese


Countries

Countries
Hong Kong, Macau  
Nigeria  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
China, Guangdong  
Gambia, Nigeria  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Nigeria  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa  

Minority Language
Hawaii  
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo  

Regulated By
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
  • Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
  
  • 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
Chinese Language  
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Derived From
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Alphabets

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

Alphabets
28  
10
44  
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
12  
9

How Many Consonants
20  
10
32  
22

Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom  
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Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
10  
8
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
13
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
您好  
sannu  

Thank You
谢谢  
gode ku  

How Are You?
你好吗?  
yaya dai  

Good Night
晚安  
mai kyau dare  

Good Evening
晚上好  
barka da yamma  

Good Afternoon
下午好  
barka da rana  

Good Morning
早上好  
mai kyau safe  

Please
请  
Don Allah  

Sorry
遗憾  
yi hakuri  

Bye
再见  
sai anjima  

I Love You
我爱你  
Ina son ku  

Excuse Me
原谅我  
gafara dai  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Guangzhou  
Gaananci  

Where They Speak
outside mainland China  
Ghana  

Dialect 2
Xiguan  
Kurhwayanci  

Where They Speak
Hong Kong  
Niger  

Dialect 3
Hong Kong  
Daragaram  

Where They Speak
Hong Kong  
Niger  

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
20  
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million  
27
50.00 million  
28

Speaking Population
16.00 %  
2
0.52 %  
28

Native Speakers
52.00 million  
21
35.00 million  
27

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
15.00 million  
18

Native Name
Kwang Tung Wa  
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)  

Alternative Names
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese  
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa  

French Name
Not Available  
haoussa  

German Name
Not Available  
Haussa-Sprache  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Hausa–Fulani people  

History

Origin
17th century  
14  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Chadic  

Branch
Not Available  
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Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Cantonese  
Hausa  

Language Position
Not Available  
34  
27

Signed Forms
Not Available  
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Scope
Not Available  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
ha  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
Not Available  
hau  

ISO 639 2/B
Not Available  
hau  

ISO 639 3
No data available  
hau  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
cant1236  
haus1257  

Linguasphere
No data available  
19-HAA-b  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Fusional  

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Cantonese and Hausa Language History

Comparison of Cantonese vs Hausa language history gives us differences between origin of Cantonese and Hausa language. History of Cantonese language states that this language originated in 17th 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 Cantonese and Hausa Language History.

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Cantonese 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 Cantonese and Hausa greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Cantonese and Hausa language. Cantonese word for "Hello" is 您好 or Hausa word for "Thank You" is gode ku. Find more of such common Cantonese Greetings and Hausa Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Cantonese vs Hausa Difficulty

The Cantonese vs Hausa difficulty level basically depends on the number of Cantonese 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 Cantonese and Hausa are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Cantonese and Hausa, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Cantonese is 88 weeks while to learn Hausa time required is 44 weeks.

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