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Hausa vs Dutch


Dutch vs Hausa


Countries

Countries
Nigeria   
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
6   
9

National Language
Gambia, Nigeria   
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname   

Second Language
Nigeria   
South Africa   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia, Europe, North America, South America   

Minority Language
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo   
France, Germany, Indonesia   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)   

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.
  
  • Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
  • There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
  

Similar To
Not Available   
German and English Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44   
24
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
6   
3

How Many Consonants
32   
22
21   
11

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
sannu   
Hallo   

Thank You
gode ku   
dankjewel   

How Are You?
yaya dai   
hoe gaat het met je?   

Good Night
mai kyau dare   
goede Nacht   

Good Evening
barka da yamma   
goedenavond   

Good Afternoon
barka da rana   
goedemiddag   

Good Morning
mai kyau safe   
goedemorgen   

Please
Don Allah   
alsjeblieft   

Sorry
yi hakuri   
sorry   

Bye
sai anjima   
vaarwel   

I Love You
Ina son ku   
Ik hou van jou   

Excuse Me
gafara dai   
pardon   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gaananci   
Gronings   

Where They Speak
Ghana   
Netherlands   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
590,000.00   
32

Dialect 2
Kurhwayanci   
Low Saxon   

Where They Speak
Niger   
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
4,000,000.00   
16

Dialect 3
Daragaram   
Limburgian   

Where They Speak
Niger   
Belgium, Netherlands   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,300,000.00   
18

Total No. Of Dialects
20   
18
7   
7

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
50.00 million   
28
28.00 million   
38

Speaking Population
0.52 %   
28
0.32 %   
38

Native Speakers
35.00 million   
27
22.00 million   
35

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million   
18
6.00 million   
25

Native Name
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)   
Nederlands   

Alternative Names
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa   
Hollands, Nederlands   

French Name
haoussa   
néerlandais; flamand   

German Name
Haussa-Sprache   
Niederländisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]   

Ethnicity
Hausa–Fulani people   
Dutch people   

History

Origin
14   
AD 450-500   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Chadic   
Germanic   

Branch
Not Available   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch   

Standard Forms
Hausa   
Standard Dutch   

Language Position
34   
27
48   
35

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ha   
nl   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hau   
nld   

ISO 639 2/B
hau   
dut   

ISO 639 3
hau   
nld   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
haus1257   
mode1257   

Linguasphere
19-HAA-b   
52-ACB-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Historical   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Synthetic   

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Hausa and Dutch Language History

Comparison of Hausa vs Dutch language history gives us differences between origin of Hausa and Dutch language. History of Hausa language states that this language originated in 14 whereas history of Dutch language states that this language originated in AD 450-500. 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 Dutch Language History.

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Hausa and Dutch 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 Dutch greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Hausa and Dutch language. Hausa word for "Hello" is sannu or Dutch word for "Thank You" is dankjewel. Find more of such common Hausa Greetings and Dutch Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Hausa vs Dutch Difficulty

The Hausa vs Dutch difficulty level basically depends on the number of Hausa Alphabets and Dutch 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 Dutch are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Hausa and Dutch, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Hausa is 44 weeks while to learn Dutch time required is 24 weeks.

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