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Hausa and English


English and Hausa


Countries

Countries
Nigeria  
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
33  
2

National Language
Gambia, Nigeria  
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America  

Second Language
Nigeria  
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America  

Minority Language
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo  
South Africa  

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.
  
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  

Similar To
Not Available  
Not Available  

Derived From
Not Available  
Latin  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
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English-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
44  
24
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
5  
2

How Many Consonants
32  
22
21  
11

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
7  
6

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
6 weeks  
3

Greetings

Hello
sannu  
Hello  

Thank You
gode ku  
Thank you  

How Are You?
yaya dai  
How are you?  

Good Night
mai kyau dare  
Good Night  

Good Evening
barka da yamma  
Good Evening  

Good Afternoon
barka da rana  
Good Afternoon  

Good Morning
mai kyau safe  
Good Morning  

Please
Don Allah  
Please  

Sorry
yi hakuri  
Sorry  

Bye
sai anjima  
Bye  

I Love You
Ina son ku  
I love you  

Excuse Me
gafara dai  
Excuse Me  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gaananci  
American English  

Where They Speak
Ghana  
United States of America  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
225,000,000.00  
3

Dialect 2
Kurhwayanci  
Hiberno-English  

Where They Speak
Niger  
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
4,500,000.00  
15

Dialect 3
Daragaram  
Welsh English  

Where They Speak
Niger  
United Kingdom  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
2,500,000.00  
14

Total No. Of Dialects
20  
18
188  
34

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
50.00 million  
28
1,200.00 million  
1

Speaking Population
0.52 %  
28
5.43 %  
4

Native Speakers
35.00 million  
27
400.00 million  
3

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million  
18
400.00 million  
1

Native Name
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)  
English  

Alternative Names
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa  
Not Available  

French Name
haoussa  
anglais  

German Name
Haussa-Sprache  
Englisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/  

Ethnicity
Hausa–Fulani people  
Not Available  

History

Origin
14  
5th Century AD  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Chadic  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English  

Standard Forms
Hausa  
Standard English  

Language Position
34  
27
3  
3

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Signed English  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ha  
en  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hau  
eng  

ISO 639 2/B
hau  
eng  

ISO 639 3
hau  
eng  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
engs  

Glottocode
haus1257  
stan1293  

Linguasphere
19-HAA-b  
52-ABA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic  

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

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Hausa and English Speaking population

Hausa and English speaking population is one of the factors based on which Hausa and English languages can be compared. The total count of Hausa and English Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Hausa language is 0.52 % whereas the percentage of people speaking English language is 5.43 %. 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 English on Hausa vs English where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Hausa and English Language Codes

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

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