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Hausa and English


Countries

Countries
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe  
Nigeria  

Total No. Of Countries
33  
2
1  
14

National Language
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America  
Gambia, Nigeria  

Second Language
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore  
Nigeria  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America  
Africa  

Minority Language
South Africa  
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  
  • 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
Not Available  
Not Available  

Derived From
Latin  
Not Available  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
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Hausa-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
26  
8
44  
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
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
7  
6
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks  
3
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Hello  
sannu  

Thank You
Thank you  
gode ku  

How Are You?
How are you?  
yaya dai  

Good Night
Good Night  
mai kyau dare  

Good Evening
Good Evening  
barka da yamma  

Good Afternoon
Good Afternoon  
barka da rana  

Good Morning
Good Morning  
mai kyau safe  

Please
Please  
Don Allah  

Sorry
Sorry  
yi hakuri  

Bye
Bye  
sai anjima  

I Love You
I love you  
Ina son ku  

Excuse Me
Excuse Me  
gafara dai  

Dialects

Dialect 1
American English  
Gaananci  

Where They Speak
United States of America  
Ghana  

How Many People Speak
225,000,000.00  
3
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Hiberno-English  
Kurhwayanci  

Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom  
Niger  

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00  
15
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Welsh English  
Daragaram  

Where They Speak
United Kingdom  
Niger  

How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00  
14
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
188  
34
20  
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,200.00 million  
1
50.00 million  
28

Speaking Population
5.43 %  
4
0.52 %  
28

Native Speakers
400.00 million  
3
35.00 million  
27

Second Language Speakers
400.00 million  
1
15.00 million  
18

Native Name
English  
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa  

French Name
anglais  
haoussa  

German Name
Englisch  
Haussa-Sprache  

Pronunciation
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Hausa–Fulani people  

History

Origin
5th Century AD  
14  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Chadic  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard English  
Hausa  

Language Position
3  
3
34  
27

Signed Forms
Signed English  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
en  
ha  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
eng  
hau  

ISO 639 2/B
eng  
hau  

ISO 639 3
eng  
hau  

ISO 639 6
engs  
Not Available  

Glottocode
stan1293  
haus1257  

Linguasphere
52-ABA  
19-HAA-b  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic  
Fusional  

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All English and Hausa Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all English and Hausa dialects. Various dialects of English and Hausa language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of English are spoken in different English Speaking Countries whereas Hausa Dialects are spoken in different Hausa speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking English vs Hausa Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the English dialects include: American English, Hiberno-English. Hausa dialects include: Gaananci , Kurhwayanci. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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English and Hausa Speaking population

English and Hausa speaking population is one of the factors based on which English and Hausa languages can be compared. The total count of English and Hausa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking English language is 5.43 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Hausa language is 0.52 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak English and Hausa on English vs Hausa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

English and Hausa Language Codes

English and Hausa language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. English and Hausa Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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