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Dutch vs Hausa


Hausa vs Dutch


Countries

Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname   
Nigeria   

Total No. Of Countries
6   
9
1   
14

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)   
Not Available   

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   
Not Available   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Dutch-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Hausa-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
26   
8
44   
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
12   
9

How Many Consonants
21   
11
32   
22

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Hallo   
sannu   

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   

Sorry
sorry   
yi hakuri   

Bye
vaarwel   
sai anjima   

I Love You
Ik hou van jou   
Ina son ku   

Excuse Me
pardon   
gafara dai   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gronings   
Gaananci   

Where They Speak
Netherlands   
Ghana   

How Many People Speak
590,000.00   
32
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Low Saxon   
Kurhwayanci   

Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands   
Niger   

How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00   
16
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Limburgian   
Daragaram   

Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands   
Niger   

How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00   
18
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
7   
7
20   
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million   
38
50.00 million   
28

Speaking Population
0.32 %   
38
0.52 %   
28

Native Speakers
22.00 million   
35
35.00 million   
27

Second Language Speakers
6.00 million   
25
15.00 million   
18

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]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Dutch people   
Hausa–Fulani people   

History

Origin
AD 450-500   
14   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Chadic   

Branch
Western   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Dutch   
Hausa   

Language Position
48   
35
34   
27

Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
nl   
ha   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nld   
hau   

ISO 639 2/B
dut   
hau   

ISO 639 3
nld   
hau   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
mode1257   
haus1257   

Linguasphere
52-ACB-a   
19-HAA-b   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Fusional   

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Dutch and Hausa Language History

Comparison of Dutch vs Hausa language history gives us differences between origin of Dutch and Hausa language. History of Dutch language states that this language originated in AD 450-500 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 Dutch and Hausa Language History.

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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.

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