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Finnish vs Hausa


Hausa vs Finnish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Finland  
Nigeria  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden  
Gambia, Nigeria  

Second Language
Estonia  
Nigeria  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Africa  

Minority Language
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden  
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo  

Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • Finnish language has adopted many words from Iranian, Turkic, Baltic, Germanic and Slavic languages.
  • In Finnish language, there are no articles or grammatical gender.
  
  • 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
Estonian and Livonian Languages  
Not Available  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
44  
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
12  
9

How Many Consonants
13  
3
32  
22

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Moi  
sannu  

Thank You
Kiitos  
gode ku  

How Are You?
Mitä kuuluu?  
yaya dai  

Good Night
hyvää yötä  
mai kyau dare  

Good Evening
Hyvää iltaa  
barka da yamma  

Good Afternoon
Hyvää iltapäivää  
barka da rana  

Good Morning
Hyvää huomenta  
mai kyau safe  

Please
haluta  
Don Allah  

Sorry
Anteeksi  
yi hakuri  

Bye
Heippa  
sai anjima  

I Love You
Minä rakastan sinua  
Ina son ku  

Excuse Me
Anteeksi  
gafara dai  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Colloquial Finnish  
Gaananci  

Where They Speak
Finland  
Ghana  

Dialect 2
Rauma  
Kurhwayanci  

Where They Speak
Finland, Rauma  
Niger  

Dialect 3
Meänkieli  
Daragaram  

Where They Speak
Finland, Sweden  
Niger  

How Many People Speak
60,000.00  
31
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
21  
19
20  
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
5.40 million  
99+
50.00 million  
28

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.52 %  
28

Native Speakers
5.40 million  
99+
35.00 million  
27

Second Language Speakers
0.01 million  
39
15.00 million  
18

Native Name
suomi / suomen kieli  
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)  

Alternative Names
Suomi  
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa  

French Name
finnois  
haoussa  

German Name
Finnisch  
Haussa-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[ˈsuomi]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
ethnic Finns  
Hausa–Fulani people  

History

Origin
1543  
14  

Language Family
Uralic Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family  

Subgroup
Finno-Ugric  
Chadic  

Branch
Finnic  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Finnic language  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
standard Finnish  
Hausa  

Language Position
Not Available  
34  
27

Signed Forms
Signed Finnish  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
fi  
ha  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fin  
hau  

ISO 639 2/B
fin  
hau  

ISO 639 3
fin  
hau  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
finn1318  
haus1257  

Linguasphere
No data available  
19-HAA-b  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic  
Fusional  

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Finnish and Hausa Language History

Comparison of Finnish vs Hausa language history gives us differences between origin of Finnish and Hausa language. History of Finnish language states that this language originated in 1543 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 Finnish and Hausa Language History.

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Finnish 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 Finnish and Hausa greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Finnish and Hausa language. Finnish word for "Hello" is Moi or Hausa word for "Thank You" is gode ku. Find more of such common Finnish Greetings and Hausa Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Finnish vs Hausa Difficulty

The Finnish vs Hausa difficulty level basically depends on the number of Finnish 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 Finnish and Hausa are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Finnish and Hausa, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Finnish is 44 weeks while to learn Hausa time required is 44 weeks.

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