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Hausa vs Afrikaans


Afrikaans vs Hausa


Countries

Countries
Nigeria   
South Africa   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Gambia, Nigeria   
South Africa   

Second Language
Nigeria   
Namibia, South Africa   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Africa   

Minority Language
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo   
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee   

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.
  
  • Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
  • Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
  

Similar To
Not Available   
Dutch Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Dutch Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44   
24
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
15   
12

How Many Consonants
32   
22
17   
7

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
sannu   
hallo   

Thank You
gode ku   
Dankie   

How Are You?
yaya dai   
Hoe gaan dit   

Good Night
mai kyau dare   
goeie nag   

Good Evening
barka da yamma   
Goeienaand   

Good Afternoon
barka da rana   
Goeie middag   

Good Morning
mai kyau safe   
goeie more   

Please
Don Allah   
asseblief   

Sorry
yi hakuri   
jammer   

Bye
sai anjima   
Not Available   

I Love You
Ina son ku   
Ek het jou lief   

Excuse Me
gafara dai   
Verskoon my   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gaananci   
Kaapse Afrikaans   

Where They Speak
Ghana   
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Kurhwayanci   
Oranjeriverafrikaans   

Where They Speak
Niger   
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Daragaram   
Baster Afrikaans   

Where They Speak
Niger   
Namibia   

Total No. Of Dialects
20   
18
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
50.00 million   
28
19.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.52 %   
28
Not Available   

Native Speakers
35.00 million   
27
7.10 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million   
18
10.30 million   
22

Native Name
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)   
Afrikaans   

Alternative Names
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa   
Cape Dutch   

French Name
haoussa   
afrikaans   

German Name
Haussa-Sprache   
Afrikaans   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]   

Ethnicity
Hausa–Fulani people   
Afrikaners   

History

Origin
14   
17th Century   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Chadic   
Germanic   

Branch
Not Available   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch   

Standard Forms
Hausa   
Standard Afrikaans   

Language Position
34   
27
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ha   
af   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hau   
afr   

ISO 639 2/B
hau   
afr   

ISO 639 3
hau   
afr   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
afrs   

Glottocode
haus1257   
afri1274   

Linguasphere
19-HAA-b   
52-ACB-ba   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Analytic   

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Hausa and Afrikaans Language History

Comparison of Hausa vs Afrikaans language history gives us differences between origin of Hausa and Afrikaans language. History of Hausa language states that this language originated in 14 whereas history of Afrikaans language states that this language originated in 17th Century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Hausa and Afrikaans Language History.

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Hausa and Afrikaans Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Hausa and Afrikaans greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Hausa and Afrikaans language. Hausa word for "Hello" is sannu or Afrikaans word for "Thank You" is Dankie. Find more of such common Hausa Greetings and Afrikaans Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Hausa vs Afrikaans Difficulty

The Hausa vs Afrikaans difficulty level basically depends on the number of Hausa Alphabets and Afrikaans Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Hausa and Afrikaans are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Hausa and Afrikaans, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Hausa is 44 weeks while to learn Afrikaans time required is 24 weeks.

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