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French vs Hausa


Hausa vs French


Countries

Countries
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu   
Nigeria   

Total No. Of Countries
32   
3
1   
14

National Language
France   
Gambia, Nigeria   

Second Language
Africa, Canada   
Nigeria   

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

Minority Language
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam   
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo   

Regulated By
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
  • French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
  
  • 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
Italian Language   
Not Available   

Derived From
Latin   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
44   
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
12   
9

How Many Consonants
20   
10
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
bonjour   
sannu   

Thank You
Merci   
gode ku   

How Are You?
Comment allez-vous?   
yaya dai   

Good Night
bonne Nuit   
mai kyau dare   

Good Evening
bonsoir   
barka da yamma   

Good Afternoon
bon Après-Midi   
barka da rana   

Good Morning
Bonjour   
mai kyau safe   

Please
S'il vous plaît   
Don Allah   

Sorry
désolé   
yi hakuri   

Bye
au revoir   
sai anjima   

I Love You
Je t'aime   
Ina son ku   

Excuse Me
Excuse Moi   
gafara dai   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Quebec French   
Gaananci   

Where They Speak
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada   
Ghana   

How Many People Speak
6,200,000.00   
15
Not Available   

Dialect 2
African French   
Kurhwayanci   

Where They Speak
Africa   
Niger   

Dialect 3
Swiss French   
Daragaram   

Where They Speak
Northeast France, Switzerland   
Niger   

How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00   
16
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
25   
21
20   
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
163.00 million   
11
50.00 million   
28

Speaking Population
1.12 %   
17
0.52 %   
28

Native Speakers
76.00 million   
13
35.00 million   
27

Second Language Speakers
87.00 million   
11
15.00 million   
18

Native Name
français   
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)   

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

French Name
français   
haoussa   

German Name
Französisch   
Haussa-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Hausa–Fulani people   

History

Origin
9th Century   
14   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family   

Subgroup
Romance   
Chadic   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old French, Middle French and French   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard French   
Hausa   

Language Position
13   
12
34   
27

Signed Forms
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
fr   
ha   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fra   
hau   

ISO 639 2/B
fre   
hau   

ISO 639 3
fra   
hau   

ISO 639 6
fras   
Not Available   

Glottocode
stan1290   
haus1257   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-i   
19-HAA-b   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Fusional   

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French and Hausa Language History

Comparison of French vs Hausa language history gives us differences between origin of French and Hausa language. History of French language states that this language originated in 9th Century 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 French and Hausa Language History.

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

French vs Hausa Difficulty

The French vs Hausa difficulty level basically depends on the number of French 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 French and Hausa are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in French and Hausa, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn French is 24 weeks while to learn Hausa time required is 44 weeks.

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