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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  
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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
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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))  
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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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Chinese and Hausa Language History

Comparison of Chinese vs Hausa language history gives us differences between origin of Chinese and Hausa language. History of Chinese language states that this language originated in 1250 BC 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 Chinese and Hausa Language History.

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

Chinese vs Hausa Difficulty

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

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