Countries
Nigeria
  
South Africa
  
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 in
Hausa-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Afrikaans-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
50.00 million
  
28
19.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
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
  
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
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.