Countries
Philippines
  
Nigeria
  
National Language
Philippines
  
Gambia, Nigeria
  
Second Language
Philippines
  
Nigeria
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo
  
Regulated By
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- "Filipino" was officially declared as national language by the constitution in 1987.
- "Filipino" is the official name of Tagalog, or synonym of it.
  
- 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
Tagalog Language
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Spanish Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Filipino-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Hausa-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Kumusta
  
sannu
  
Thank You
Salamat
  
gode ku
  
How Are You?
Kumusta
  
yaya dai
  
Good Night
magandang gabi
  
mai kyau dare
  
Good Evening
Magandang gabi
  
barka da yamma
  
Good Afternoon
Magandang hapon
  
barka da rana
  
Good Morning
Magandang umaga
  
mai kyau safe
  
Please
Mangyaring
  
Don Allah
  
Sorry
pinagsisisihan
  
yi hakuri
  
Bye
Paalam
  
sai anjima
  
I Love You
Mahal kita
  
Ina son ku
  
Excuse Me
patawarin ninyo ako
  
gafara dai
  
Dialect 1
Bikol
  
Gaananci
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
Ghana
  
Dialect 2
Hiligaynon
  
Kurhwayanci
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
Niger
  
How Many People Speak
8,200,000.00
  
11
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Waray
  
Daragaram
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
Niger
  
How Many People Speak
2,600,000.00
  
13
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
90.00 million
  
17
50.00 million
  
28
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
45.00 million
  
23
35.00 million
  
27
Second Language Speakers
45.00 million
  
13
15.00 million
  
18
Native Name
filipino
  
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)
  
Alternative Names
Pilipino
  
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa
  
French Name
filipino; pilipino
  
haoussa
  
German Name
Pilipino
  
Haussa-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[ˌfɪl.ɪˈpiː.no]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Hausa–Fulani people
  
Origin
16th Century
  
14
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Chadic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Filipino
  
Hausa
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No Data Available
  
ha
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
fil
  
hau
  
ISO 639 2/B
fil
  
hau
  
ISO 639 3
fil
  
hau
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
fili1244
  
haus1257
  
Linguasphere
No Data Available
  
19-HAA-b
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional
  
Filipino 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 Filipino and Hausa greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Filipino and Hausa language. Filipino word for "Hello" is Kumusta or Hausa word for "Thank You" is gode ku. Find more of such common Filipino Greetings and Hausa Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Filipino vs Hausa Difficulty
The Filipino vs Hausa difficulty level basically depends on the number of Filipino 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 Filipino and Hausa are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Filipino and Hausa, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Filipino is 44 weeks while to learn Hausa time required is 44 weeks.