Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Nigeria
National Language
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Gambia, Nigeria
Second Language
South Africa
Nigeria
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Africa
Minority Language
France, Germany, Indonesia
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo
Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
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Interesting Facts
- Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
- There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
- 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
German and English Languages
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Derived From
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Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Thank You
dankjewel
gode ku
How Are You?
hoe gaat het met je?
yaya dai
Good Night
goede Nacht
mai kyau dare
Good Evening
goedenavond
barka da yamma
Good Afternoon
goedemiddag
barka da rana
Good Morning
goedemorgen
mai kyau safe
Please
alsjeblieft
Don Allah
I Love You
Ik hou van jou
Ina son ku
Excuse Me
pardon
gafara dai
Dialect 1
Gronings
Gaananci
Where They Speak
Netherlands
Ghana
How Many People Speak
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Dialect 2
Low Saxon
Kurhwayanci
Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
Niger
How Many People Speak
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Dialect 3
Limburgian
Daragaram
Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands
Niger
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Native Name
Nederlands
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)
Alternative Names
Hollands, Nederlands
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa
French Name
néerlandais; flamand
haoussa
German Name
Niederländisch
Haussa-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
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Ethnicity
Dutch people
Hausa–Fulani people
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Branch
Western
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Early Forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Dutch
Hausa
Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
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Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
mode1257
haus1257
Linguasphere
52-ACB-a
19-HAA-b
Language Type
Historical
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Fusional
Dutch 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 Dutch and Hausa greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Dutch and Hausa language. Dutch word for "Hello" is Hallo or Hausa word for "Thank You" is gode ku. Find more of such common Dutch Greetings and Hausa Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Dutch vs Hausa Difficulty
The Dutch vs Hausa difficulty level basically depends on the number of Dutch 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 Dutch and Hausa are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Dutch and Hausa, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Dutch is 24 weeks while to learn Hausa time required is 44 weeks.