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German and Hausa


Hausa and German


Countries

Countries
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland   
Nigeria   

Total No. Of Countries
7   
8
1   
14

National Language
Germany   
Gambia, Nigeria   

Second Language
North Dakota, United States of America   
Nigeria   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Africa   

Minority Language
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia   
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo   

Regulated By
Council for German Orthography   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  
  • 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
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages   
Not Available   

Derived From
Albanian Languages   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
44   
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
12   
9

How Many Consonants
9   
1
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
30 weeks   
9
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
hallo   
sannu   

Thank You
Danke   
gode ku   

How Are You?
Wie geht es dir?   
yaya dai   

Good Night
gute Nacht   
mai kyau dare   

Good Evening
guten Abend   
barka da yamma   

Good Afternoon
guten Tag   
barka da rana   

Good Morning
guten Morgen   
mai kyau safe   

Please
bitte   
Don Allah   

Sorry
Verzeihung   
yi hakuri   

Bye
Tschüs   
sai anjima   

I Love You
Ich liebe dich   
Ina son ku   

Excuse Me
Entschuldigung   
gafara dai   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Swiss German   
Gaananci   

Where They Speak
Switzerland   
Ghana   

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00   
18
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Swabian German   
Kurhwayanci   

Where They Speak
Germany   
Niger   

How Many People Speak
820,000.00   
26
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Texas German   
Daragaram   

Where They Speak
Texas   
Niger   

How Many People Speak
6,000.00   
35
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
28   
23
20   
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
229.00 million   
8
50.00 million   
28

Speaking Population
1.39 %   
12
0.52 %   
28

Native Speakers
101.00 million   
10
35.00 million   
27

Second Language Speakers
128.00 million   
5
15.00 million   
18

Native Name
Deutsch   
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)   

Alternative Names
Deutsch, Tedesco   
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa   

French Name
allemand   
haoussa   

German Name
Deutsch   
Haussa-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Germans   
Hausa–Fulani people   

History

Origin
6th Century AD   
14   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Chadic   

Branch
Western   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German   
Hausa   

Language Position
9   
9
34   
27

Signed Forms
Signed German   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
de   
ha   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
deu   
hau   

ISO 639 2/B
ger   
hau   

ISO 639 3
deu   
hau   

ISO 639 6
deus   
Not Available   

Glottocode
high1287, uppe1397   
haus1257   

Linguasphere
52-ACB–dl & -dm   
19-HAA-b   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Fusional   

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All German and Hausa Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all German and Hausa dialects. Various dialects of German and Hausa language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of German are spoken in different German Speaking Countries whereas Hausa Dialects are spoken in different Hausa speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking German vs Hausa Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the German dialects include: Swiss German, Swabian German. Hausa dialects include: Gaananci , Kurhwayanci. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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German and Hausa Speaking population

German and Hausa speaking population is one of the factors based on which German and Hausa languages can be compared. The total count of German and Hausa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking German language is 1.39 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Hausa language is 0.52 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak German and Hausa on German vs Hausa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

German and Hausa Language Codes

German and Hausa language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. German and Hausa Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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