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
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
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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
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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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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
I Love You
Je t'aime
Ina son ku
Excuse Me
Excuse Moi
gafara dai
Dialect 1
Quebec French
Gaananci
Where They Speak
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
Ghana
How Many People Speak
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
Not Available
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]
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Ethnicity
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Hausa–Fulani people
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Branch
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Early Forms
Old French, Middle French and French
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard French
Hausa
Signed Forms
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
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Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
fras
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Glottocode
stan1290
haus1257
Linguasphere
51-AAA-i
19-HAA-b
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Fusional
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.