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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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