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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
Chinese.jpg#200   
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   
Not Available   

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   
Not Available   

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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