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Hausa vs 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   
Not Available   

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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