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Hausa and German


German and Hausa


Countries

Countries
Nigeria   
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
7   
8

National Language
Gambia, Nigeria   
Germany   

Second Language
Nigeria   
North Dakota, United States of America   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Europe   

Minority Language
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo   
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Council for German Orthography   

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.
  
  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  

Similar To
Not Available   
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Albanian Languages   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Hausa-Alphabets.jpg#200   
German-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
44   
24
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
10   
7

How Many Consonants
32   
22
9   
1

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
30 weeks   
9

Greetings

Hello
sannu   
hallo   

Thank You
gode ku   
Danke   

How Are You?
yaya dai   
Wie geht es dir?   

Good Night
mai kyau dare   
gute Nacht   

Good Evening
barka da yamma   
guten Abend   

Good Afternoon
barka da rana   
guten Tag   

Good Morning
mai kyau safe   
guten Morgen   

Please
Don Allah   
bitte   

Sorry
yi hakuri   
Verzeihung   

Bye
sai anjima   
Tschüs   

I Love You
Ina son ku   
Ich liebe dich   

Excuse Me
gafara dai   
Entschuldigung   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gaananci   
Swiss German   

Where They Speak
Ghana   
Switzerland   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
4,500,000.00   
18

Dialect 2
Kurhwayanci   
Swabian German   

Where They Speak
Niger   
Germany   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
820,000.00   
26

Dialect 3
Daragaram   
Texas German   

Where They Speak
Niger   
Texas   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
6,000.00   
35

Total No. Of Dialects
20   
18
28   
23

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
50.00 million   
28
229.00 million   
8

Speaking Population
0.52 %   
28
1.39 %   
12

Native Speakers
35.00 million   
27
101.00 million   
10

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million   
18
128.00 million   
5

Native Name
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)   
Deutsch   

Alternative Names
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa   
Deutsch, Tedesco   

French Name
haoussa   
allemand   

German Name
Haussa-Sprache   
Deutsch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]   

Ethnicity
Hausa–Fulani people   
Germans   

History

Origin
14   
6th Century AD   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Chadic   
Germanic   

Branch
Not Available   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Hausa   
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German   

Language Position
34   
27
9   
9

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed German   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ha   
de   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hau   
deu   

ISO 639 2/B
hau   
ger   

ISO 639 3
hau   
deu   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
deus   

Glottocode
haus1257   
high1287, uppe1397   

Linguasphere
19-HAA-b   
52-ACB–dl & -dm   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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

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Hausa and German Speaking population

Hausa and German speaking population is one of the factors based on which Hausa and German languages can be compared. The total count of Hausa and German Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Hausa language is 0.52 % whereas the percentage of people speaking German language is 1.39 %. 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 German on Hausa vs German where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Hausa and German Language Codes

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

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