Countries
Nigeria
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
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
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German and English Languages
Derived From
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Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
I Love You
Ina son ku
Ik hou van jou
Excuse Me
gafara dai
pardon
Dialect 1
Gaananci
Gronings
Where They Speak
Ghana
Netherlands
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Kurhwayanci
Low Saxon
Where They Speak
Niger
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Daragaram
Limburgian
Where They Speak
Niger
Belgium, Netherlands
How Many People Speak
Not Available
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
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Branch
Not Available
Western
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
Standard Forms
Hausa
Standard Dutch
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
haus1257
mode1257
Linguasphere
19-HAA-b
52-ACB-a
Language Type
Living
Historical
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Synthetic
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.