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Hausa and Punjabi


Punjabi and Hausa


Countries

Countries
Nigeria   
India, Pakistan   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
Gambia, Nigeria   
India, Pakistan   

Second Language
Nigeria   
Pakistan   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia   

Minority Language
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo   
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America   

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.
  
  • Punjabi is 2nd most spoken in United Kingdom and 4th most spoken in Canada.
  • Punjabi is tonal language, by using various tones Punjabi speakers are able to differentiate between words.
  

Similar To
Not Available   
Hindi Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44   
24
53   
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
9   
6

How Many Consonants
32   
22
41   
30

Scripts
Latin   
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
6 weeks   
3

Greetings

Hello
sannu   
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)   

Thank You
gode ku   
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)   

How Are You?
yaya dai   
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)   

Good Night
mai kyau dare   
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)   

Good Evening
barka da yamma   
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)   

Good Afternoon
barka da rana   
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)   

Good Morning
mai kyau safe   
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)   

Please
Don Allah   
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)   

Sorry
yi hakuri   
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)   

Bye
sai anjima   
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)   

I Love You
Ina son ku   
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)   

Excuse Me
gafara dai   
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gaananci   
Pothohari   

Where They Speak
Ghana   
Pakistan   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
2,500,000.00   
22

Dialect 2
Kurhwayanci   
Saraiki   

Where They Speak
Niger   
Afganistan, India, Pakistan   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
20,000,000.00   
5

Dialect 3
Daragaram   
Doabi   

Where They Speak
Niger   
Pakistan, Punjab, India   

Total No. Of Dialects
20   
18
30   
24

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
50.00 million   
28
154.30 million   
12

Speaking Population
0.52 %   
28
1.44 %   
11

Native Speakers
35.00 million   
27
100.00 million   
11

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million   
18
54.30 million   
12

Native Name
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)   
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی   

Alternative Names
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa   
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi   

French Name
haoussa   
pendjabi   

German Name
Haussa-Sprache   
Pandschabi-Sprache   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Availble   

Ethnicity
Hausa–Fulani people   
Punjabis   

History

Origin
14   
1000 AD   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Chadic   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi   

Standard Forms
Hausa   
Modern Punjabi   

Language Position
34   
27
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Indian Signing System (ISS)   

Scope
Individual   
Not Available   

Code

ISO 639 1
ha   
pa   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hau   
pan   

ISO 639 2/B
hau   
pan   

ISO 639 3
hau   
pan   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
haus1257   
panj1256   

Linguasphere
19-HAA-b   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Not Available   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Fusional   

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

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Hausa and Punjabi Speaking population

Hausa and Punjabi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Hausa and Punjabi languages can be compared. The total count of Hausa and Punjabi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Hausa language is 0.52 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Punjabi language is 1.44 %. 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 Punjabi on Hausa vs Punjabi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Hausa and Punjabi Language Codes

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

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