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
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
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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
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Derived From
Latin
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Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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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
I Love You
I love you
Ina son ku
Excuse Me
Excuse Me
gafara dai
Dialect 1
American English
Gaananci
Where They Speak
United States of America
Ghana
How Many People Speak
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Dialect 2
Hiberno-English
Kurhwayanci
Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
Niger
How Many People Speak
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Dialect 3
Welsh English
Daragaram
Where They Speak
United Kingdom
Niger
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Native Name
English
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)
Alternative Names
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Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa
French Name
anglais
haoussa
German Name
Englisch
Haussa-Sprache
Pronunciation
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
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Ethnicity
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Hausa–Fulani people
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
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Chadic
Branch
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Early Forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard English
Hausa
Signed Forms
Signed English
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Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
engs
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Glottocode
stan1293
haus1257
Linguasphere
52-ABA
19-HAA-b
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
Fusional
English 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 English and Hausa greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in English and Hausa language. English word for "Hello" is Hello or Hausa word for "Thank You" is gode ku. Find more of such common English Greetings and Hausa Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
English vs Hausa Difficulty
The English vs Hausa difficulty level basically depends on the number of English 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 English and Hausa are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in English and Hausa, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn English is 6 weeks while to learn Hausa time required is 44 weeks.