Countries
Nigeria
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
National Language
Gambia, Nigeria
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
Second Language
Nigeria
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
Speaking Continents
Africa
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Minority Language
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo
South Africa
Regulated By
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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.
- Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
- English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
Similar To
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Derived From
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Latin
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
gode ku
Thank you
How Are You?
yaya dai
How are you?
Good Night
mai kyau dare
Good Night
Good Evening
barka da yamma
Good Evening
Good Afternoon
barka da rana
Good Afternoon
Good Morning
mai kyau safe
Good Morning
I Love You
Ina son ku
I love you
Excuse Me
gafara dai
Excuse Me
Dialect 1
Gaananci
American English
Where They Speak
Ghana
United States of America
How Many People Speak
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Dialect 2
Kurhwayanci
Hiberno-English
Where They Speak
Niger
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
How Many People Speak
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Dialect 3
Daragaram
Welsh English
Where They Speak
Niger
United Kingdom
How Many People Speak
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Native Name
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)
English
Alternative Names
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa
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French Name
haoussa
anglais
German Name
Haussa-Sprache
Englisch
Pronunciation
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/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
Ethnicity
Hausa–Fulani people
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Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Chadic
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Branch
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Early Forms
No early forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
Standard Forms
Hausa
Standard English
Signed Forms
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Signed English
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
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engs
Glottocode
haus1257
stan1293
Linguasphere
19-HAA-b
52-ABA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
Hausa and English 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 English greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Hausa and English language. Hausa word for "Hello" is sannu or English word for "Thank You" is Thank you. Find more of such common Hausa Greetings and English Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Hausa vs English Difficulty
The Hausa vs English difficulty level basically depends on the number of Hausa Alphabets and English 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 English are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Hausa and English, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Hausa is 44 weeks while to learn English time required is 6 weeks.