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Hausa and Kurdish


Kurdish and Hausa


Countries

Countries
Nigeria   
Iraq, Kurdistan   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
Gambia, Nigeria   
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey   

Second Language
Nigeria   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Middle East   

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.
  
  • The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
  • In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  

Similar To
Not Available   
Farsi Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44   
24
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
8   
5

How Many Consonants
32   
22
29   
19

Scripts
Latin   
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
4 weeks   
2

Greetings

Hello
sannu   
Silaw   

Thank You
gode ku   
Sipas   

How Are You?
yaya dai   
Tu çawa yî?   

Good Night
mai kyau dare   
Şev xweş   

Good Evening
barka da yamma   
Evare baş   

Good Afternoon
barka da rana   
Nee-wa-rowt bash   

Good Morning
mai kyau safe   
Bayanit bash   

Please
Don Allah   
Bê zehmet   

Sorry
yi hakuri   
Bibûre   

Bye
sai anjima   
Be xêr çî   

I Love You
Ina son ku   
Ez te hez dikem   

Excuse Me
gafara dai   
Bê zehmet   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gaananci   
Northern Kurdish   

Where They Speak
Ghana   
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
20,000,000.00   
10

Dialect 2
Kurhwayanci   
Central Kurdish   

Where They Speak
Niger   
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
5,000,000.00   
14

Dialect 3
Daragaram   
Southern Kurdish   

Where They Speak
Niger   
Eastern Iraq   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
3,000,000.00   
12

Total No. Of Dialects
20   
18
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
50.00 million   
28
28.00 million   
38

Speaking Population
0.52 %   
28
0.31 %   
39

Native Speakers
35.00 million   
27
21.00 million   
36

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million   
18
Not Available   

Native Name
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)   
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди   

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

French Name
haoussa   
kurde   

German Name
Haussa-Sprache   
Kurdisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Hausa–Fulani people   
Kurds   

History

Origin
14   
16th century CE   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Chadic   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Not Available   

Standard Forms
Hausa   
Kurdish   

Language Position
34   
27
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
ha   
ku   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hau   
kur   

ISO 639 2/B
hau   
kur   

ISO 639 3
hau   
kur   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
haus1257   
kurd1259   

Linguasphere
19-HAA-b   
58-AAA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Not Available   

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

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Hausa and Kurdish Speaking population

Hausa and Kurdish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Hausa and Kurdish languages can be compared. The total count of Hausa and Kurdish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Hausa language is 0.52 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Kurdish language is 0.31 %. 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 Kurdish on Hausa vs Kurdish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Hausa and Kurdish Language Codes

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

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