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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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