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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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