Countries
Nigeria
  
European Union, Malta
  
National Language
Gambia, Nigeria
  
Malta
  
Second Language
Nigeria
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo
  
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
National Council for the Maltese Language
  
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.
  
- Maltese language is the only semitic language written in Latin characters.
- Maltese language has borrowed many loan words from English, Italian and French.
  
Similar To
Not Available
  
Western Arabic Dialects
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Roman Languages
  
Alphabets in
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Maltese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
sannu
  
Ħello
  
Thank You
gode ku
  
Grazzi
  
How Are You?
yaya dai
  
Kif int?
  
Good Night
mai kyau dare
  
Il-Lejla it-tajba
  
Good Evening
barka da yamma
  
Il-Lejla it-tajba
  
Good Afternoon
barka da rana
  
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
  
Good Morning
mai kyau safe
  
L-għodwa t-tajba
  
Please
Don Allah
  
Jekk jogħġbok
  
Sorry
yi hakuri
  
Skużani!
  
Bye
sai anjima
  
Ċaw
  
I Love You
Ina son ku
  
Inħobbok ħafna
  
Excuse Me
gafara dai
  
Skużi!
  
Dialect 1
Gaananci
  
Qormi
  
Where They Speak
Ghana
  
Malta
  
Dialect 2
Kurhwayanci
  
Żejtun
  
Where They Speak
Niger
  
Malta
  
Dialect 3
Daragaram
  
Not Present
  
Where They Speak
Niger
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
50.00 million
  
28
0.52 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
35.00 million
  
27
0.52 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
15.00 million
  
18
Not Available
  
Native Name
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)
  
Malti
  
Alternative Names
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa
  
Malti
  
French Name
haoussa
  
maltais
  
German Name
Haussa-Sprache
  
Maltesisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Hausa–Fulani people
  
Maltese
  
Origin
14
  
c. 1470
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Chadic
  
Semitic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
North Abric
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Hausa
  
Maltese
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Maltese Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ha
  
mt
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
hau
  
mlt
  
ISO 639 2/B
hau
  
mlt
  
ISO 639 3
hau
  
mlt
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
haus1257
  
malt1254
  
Linguasphere
19-HAA-b
  
12-AAC-c
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Synthetic
  
All Hausa and Maltese 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 Maltese dialects. Various dialects of Hausa and Maltese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Hausa are spoken in different Hausa Speaking Countries whereas Maltese Dialects are spoken in different Maltese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Hausa vs Maltese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Hausa dialects include: Gaananci, Kurhwayanci. Maltese dialects include: Qormi , Żejtun. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Hausa and Maltese Speaking population
Hausa and Maltese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Hausa and Maltese languages can be compared. The total count of Hausa and Maltese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Hausa language is 0.52 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Maltese language is Not Available. 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 Maltese on Hausa vs Maltese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Hausa and Maltese Language Codes
Hausa and Maltese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Hausa and Maltese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.