Hausa and Cantonese
Countries
Nigeria
Hong Kong, Macau
National Language
Gambia, Nigeria
China, Guangdong
Second Language
Nigeria
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo
Hawaii
Regulated By
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Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
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.
- Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
- Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
Similar To
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Chinese Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
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Scripts
Latin
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
How Are You?
yaya dai
你好吗？
Good Night
mai kyau dare
晚安
Good Evening
barka da yamma
晚上好
Good Afternoon
barka da rana
下午好
Good Morning
mai kyau safe
早上好
I Love You
Ina son ku
我爱你
Dialect 1
Gaananci
Guangzhou
Where They Speak
Ghana
outside mainland China
Dialect 2
Kurhwayanci
Xiguan
Where They Speak
Niger
Hong Kong
Dialect 3
Daragaram
Hong Kong
Where They Speak
Niger
Hong Kong
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)
Kwang Tung Wa
Alternative Names
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
French Name
haoussa
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German Name
Haussa-Sprache
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Pronunciation
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Ethnicity
Hausa–Fulani people
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Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Chadic
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Branch
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Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Hausa
Standard Cantonese
Language Position
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Signed Forms
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Scope
Individual
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ISO 639 1
ha
No data available
ISO 639 2/T
hau
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ISO 639 2/B
hau
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ISO 639 3
hau
No data available
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
haus1257
cant1236
Linguasphere
19-HAA-b
No data available
Language Type
Living
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Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
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All Hausa and Cantonese 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 Cantonese dialects. Various dialects of Hausa and Cantonese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Hausa are spoken in different Hausa Speaking Countries whereas Cantonese Dialects are spoken in different Cantonese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Hausa vs Cantonese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Hausa dialects include: Gaananci, Kurhwayanci. Cantonese dialects include: Guangzhou , Xiguan. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Hausa and Cantonese Speaking population
Hausa and Cantonese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Hausa and Cantonese languages can be compared. The total count of Hausa and Cantonese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Hausa language is 0.52 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 %. 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 Cantonese on Hausa vs Cantonese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Hausa and Cantonese Language Codes
Hausa and Cantonese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Hausa and Cantonese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.