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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
Hausa-Alphabets.jpg#200   
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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