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Hausa and Amharic


Amharic and Hausa


Countries

Countries
Nigeria   
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Gambia, Nigeria   
Ethiopia   

Second Language
Nigeria   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Africa   

Minority Language
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
  • Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.
  

Similar To
Not Available   
Not Available   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Hausa-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Amharic-1.jpg#200   

Alphabets
44   
24
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
7   
4

How Many Consonants
32   
22
31   
21

Scripts
Latin   
Ethiopic   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
sannu   
Selam   

Thank You
gode ku   
amesege'nallo'   

How Are You?
yaya dai   
Dehina newot?   

Good Night
mai kyau dare   
Dehna dur   

Good Evening
barka da yamma   
melkam meshe't   

Good Afternoon
barka da rana   
i'ndemin walu   

Good Morning
mai kyau safe   
i'ndemin adäru   

Please
Don Allah   
i'bakwon   

Sorry
yi hakuri   
aznallehu   

Bye
sai anjima   
tschao   

I Love You
Ina son ku   
afekirishalehu   

Excuse Me
gafara dai   
yiqirta   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gaananci   
Gondar   

Where They Speak
Ghana   
Gondar   

Dialect 2
Kurhwayanci   
Gojjami   

Where They Speak
Niger   
Ethiopia   

Dialect 3
Daragaram   
Showa   

Where They Speak
Niger   
Ethiopia   

Total No. Of Dialects
20   
18
5   
5

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.52 %   
28
0.37 %   
35

Native Speakers
35.00 million   
27
25.00 million   
32

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million   
18
10.00 million   
23

Native Name
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)   
Not Available   

Alternative Names
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa   
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian   

French Name
haoussa   
amharique   

German Name
Haussa-Sprache   
Amharisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[amarɨɲɲa]   

Ethnicity
Hausa–Fulani people   
Amharas   

History

Origin
14   
13th century   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family   

Subgroup
Chadic   
Semitic   

Branch
Not Available   
Ethiopic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Ge'ez   

Standard Forms
Hausa   
Amharic   

Language Position
34   
27
55   
40

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Amharic   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ha   
am   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hau   
amh   

ISO 639 2/B
hau   
amh   

ISO 639 3
hau   
amh   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
haus1257   
amha1245   

Linguasphere
19-HAA-b   
12-ACB-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Fusional   

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All Hausa and Amharic 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 Hausa and Amharic dialects. Various dialects of Hausa and Amharic language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Hausa are spoken in different Hausa Speaking Countries whereas Amharic Dialects are spoken in different Amharic speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Hausa vs Amharic Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Hausa dialects include: Gaananci, Kurhwayanci. Amharic dialects include: Gondar , Gojjami. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Hausa and Amharic Speaking population

Hausa and Amharic speaking population is one of the factors based on which Hausa and Amharic languages can be compared. The total count of Hausa and Amharic Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Hausa language is 0.52 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Amharic language is 0.37 %. 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 Hausa and Amharic on Hausa vs Amharic where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Hausa and Amharic Language Codes

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

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