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Hausa vs Finnish


Finnish vs Hausa


Countries

Countries
Nigeria  
European Union, Finland  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Gambia, Nigeria  
Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden  

Second Language
Nigeria  
Estonia  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo  
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Institute for the Languages of Finland  

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.
  
  • Finnish language has adopted many words from Iranian, Turkic, Baltic, Germanic and Slavic languages.
  • In Finnish language, there are no articles or grammatical gender.
  

Similar To
Not Available  
Estonian and Livonian Languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44  
24
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
8  
5

How Many Consonants
32  
22
13  
3

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
sannu  
Moi  

Thank You
gode ku  
Kiitos  

How Are You?
yaya dai  
Mitä kuuluu?  

Good Night
mai kyau dare  
hyvää yötä  

Good Evening
barka da yamma  
Hyvää iltaa  

Good Afternoon
barka da rana  
Hyvää iltapäivää  

Good Morning
mai kyau safe  
Hyvää huomenta  

Please
Don Allah  
haluta  

Sorry
yi hakuri  
Anteeksi  

Bye
sai anjima  
Heippa  

I Love You
Ina son ku  
Minä rakastan sinua  

Excuse Me
gafara dai  
Anteeksi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gaananci  
Colloquial Finnish  

Where They Speak
Ghana  
Finland  

Dialect 2
Kurhwayanci  
Rauma  

Where They Speak
Niger  
Finland, Rauma  

Dialect 3
Daragaram  
Meänkieli  

Where They Speak
Niger  
Finland, Sweden  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
60,000.00  
31

Total No. Of Dialects
20  
18
21  
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
50.00 million  
28
5.40 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.52 %  
28
Not Available  

Native Speakers
35.00 million  
27
5.40 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million  
18
0.01 million  
39

Native Name
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)  
suomi / suomen kieli  

Alternative Names
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa  
Suomi  

French Name
haoussa  
finnois  

German Name
Haussa-Sprache  
Finnisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[ˈsuomi]  

Ethnicity
Hausa–Fulani people  
ethnic Finns  

History

Origin
14  
1543  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Uralic Family  

Subgroup
Chadic  
Finno-Ugric  

Branch
Not Available  
Finnic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Proto-Finnic language  

Standard Forms
Hausa  
standard Finnish  

Language Position
34  
27
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Signed Finnish  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ha  
fi  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hau  
fin  

ISO 639 2/B
hau  
fin  

ISO 639 3
hau  
fin  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
haus1257  
finn1318  

Linguasphere
19-HAA-b  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Agglutinative, Synthetic  

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Hausa and Finnish Language History

Comparison of Hausa vs Finnish language history gives us differences between origin of Hausa and Finnish language. History of Hausa language states that this language originated in 14 whereas history of Finnish language states that this language originated in 1543. 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 Finnish Language History.

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

Hausa vs Finnish Difficulty

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

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