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Hausa and Chinese


Countries

Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan  
Nigeria  

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
1  
14

National Language
China, Taiwan  
Gambia, Nigeria  

Second Language
Republic of Brazil  
Nigeria  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa  

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

Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
  • In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
  
  • 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
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Hausa-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
26  
8
44  
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
24  
19
12  
9

How Many Consonants
23  
13
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
6  
5
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
13
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)  
sannu  

Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)  
gode ku  

How Are You?
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)  
yaya dai  

Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)  
mai kyau dare  

Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)  
barka da yamma  

Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)  
barka da rana  

Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)  
mai kyau safe  

Please
请 (Qǐng)  
Don Allah  

Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)  
yi hakuri  

Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)  
sai anjima  

I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)  
Ina son ku  

Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)  
gafara dai  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mandarin  
Gaananci  

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan  
Ghana  

How Many People Speak
960,000,000.00  
1
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Wu  
Kurhwayanci  

Where They Speak
China, United States of America  
Niger  

How Many People Speak
80,000,000.00  
1
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Yue  
Daragaram  

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam  
Niger  

How Many People Speak
60,000,000.00  
2
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
10  
10
20  
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million  
2
50.00 million  
28

Speaking Population
16.00 %  
2
0.52 %  
28

Native Speakers
873.00 million  
1
35.00 million  
27

Second Language Speakers
178.00 million  
3
15.00 million  
18

Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)  
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa  

French Name
chinois  
haoussa  

German Name
Chinesisch  
Haussa-Sprache  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
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Ethnicity
Han  
Hausa–Fulani people  

History

Origin
1250 BC  
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 Chinese  
Hausa  

Language Position
1  
1
34  
27

Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
zh  
ha  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
zho  
hau  

ISO 639 2/B
chi  
hau  

ISO 639 3
zho  
hau  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
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Glottocode
sini1245  
haus1257  

Linguasphere
79-AAA  
19-HAA-b  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Fusional  

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All Chinese 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 Chinese and Hausa dialects. Various dialects of Chinese and Hausa language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Chinese are spoken in different Chinese Speaking Countries whereas Hausa Dialects are spoken in different Hausa speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Chinese vs Hausa Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Chinese dialects include: Mandarin, Wu. Hausa dialects include: Gaananci , Kurhwayanci. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Chinese and Hausa Speaking population

Chinese and Hausa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Chinese and Hausa languages can be compared. The total count of Chinese and Hausa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Chinese language is 16.00 % 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 Chinese and Hausa on Chinese vs Hausa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Chinese and Hausa Language Codes

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

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