National Language
India
Gambia, Nigeria
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Nigeria
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo
Regulated By
NA
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Interesting Facts
- Gujarati was the first language of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi("Father of the Nation of India") and Vallabhbhai Patel ("Iron Man of India").
- Most of the words in Gujarati language are adopted from Sanskrit.
- 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
Bengali Language
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Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Language Levels
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Hello
નમસ્તે (namaste)
sannu
Thank You
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)
gode ku
How Are You?
કેમ છો (kem cho?)
yaya dai
Good Night
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)
mai kyau dare
Good Evening
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)
barka da yamma
Good Afternoon
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)
barka da rana
Good Morning
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)
mai kyau safe
Please
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)
Don Allah
Sorry
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)
yi hakuri
Bye
બાય (Bāya)
sai anjima
I Love You
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)
Ina son ku
Excuse Me
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)
gafara dai
Dialect 1
Kathiyawadi
Gaananci
Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America
Ghana
Dialect 2
Kharwa
Kurhwayanci
Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America
Niger
Dialect 3
Not Available
Daragaram
Where They Speak
Not Available
Niger
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)
Alternative Names
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa
French Name
goudjrati
haoussa
German Name
Gujarati-Sprache
Haussa-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]
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Ethnicity
Gujaratis
Hausa–Fulani people
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Chadic
Branch
Indic
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Early Forms
Old Gujarati
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Gujarati
Hausa
Signed Forms
Not Available
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Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
guja1252
haus1257
Linguasphere
No data available
19-HAA-b
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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Fusional
Gujarati 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 Gujarati and Hausa greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Gujarati and Hausa language. Gujarati word for "Hello" is નમસ્તે (namaste) or Hausa word for "Thank You" is gode ku. Find more of such common Gujarati Greetings and Hausa Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Gujarati vs Hausa Difficulty
The Gujarati vs Hausa difficulty level basically depends on the number of Gujarati 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 Gujarati and Hausa are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Gujarati and Hausa, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Gujarati is 18 weeks while to learn Hausa time required is 44 weeks.