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Greek vs Hausa


Hausa vs Greek


Countries

Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece  
Nigeria  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
1  
14

National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine  
Gambia, Nigeria  

Second Language
Roman Empire  
Nigeria  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Africa  

Minority Language
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine  
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo  

Regulated By
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
  • The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
  
  • 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
Armenian  
Not Available  

Derived From
Latin  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
24  
6
44  
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
12  
9

How Many Consonants
17  
7
32  
22

Scripts
Arabic, Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)  
sannu  

Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)  
gode ku  

How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)  
yaya dai  

Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)  
mai kyau dare  

Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)  
barka da yamma  

Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)  
barka da rana  

Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)  
mai kyau safe  

Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)  
Don Allah  

Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)  
yi hakuri  

Bye
αντίο (antío)  
sai anjima  

I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)  
Ina son ku  

Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)  
gafara dai  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek  
Gaananci  

Where They Speak
Greece  
Ghana  

How Many People Speak
2,800.00  
99+
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Griko  
Kurhwayanci  

Where They Speak
Italy  
Niger  

How Many People Speak
50,000.00  
38
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Mariupol  
Daragaram  

Where They Speak
Ukraine  
Niger  

Total No. Of Dialects
25  
21
20  
18

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.18 %  
99+
0.52 %  
28

Native Speakers
13.00 million  
99+
35.00 million  
27

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
15.00 million  
18

Native Name
ελληνικά  
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)  

Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic  
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa  

French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)  
haoussa  

German Name
Neugriechisch  
Haussa-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes  
Hausa–Fulani people  

History

Origin
1500 BC  
14  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family  

Subgroup
Hellenic  
Chadic  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Modern Greek  
Hausa  

Language Position
74  
99+
34  
27

Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
el  
ha  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ell  
hau  

ISO 639 2/B
gre  
hau  

ISO 639 3
ell  
hau  

ISO 639 6
ells  
Not Available  

Glottocode
gree1276  
haus1257  

Linguasphere
56-AAA-a  
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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Greek and Hausa Language History

Comparison of Greek vs Hausa language history gives us differences between origin of Greek and Hausa language. History of Greek language states that this language originated in 1500 BC 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 Greek and Hausa Language History.

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

Greek vs Hausa Difficulty

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

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