Countries
Nigeria
  
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu
  
National Language
Gambia, Nigeria
  
France
  
Second Language
Nigeria
  
Africa, Canada
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America
  
Minority Language
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo
  
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française
  
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.
  
- French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
- French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
  
Similar To
Not Available
  
Italian Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
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French-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
sannu
  
bonjour
  
Thank You
gode ku
  
Merci
  
How Are You?
yaya dai
  
Comment allez-vous?
  
Good Night
mai kyau dare
  
bonne Nuit
  
Good Evening
barka da yamma
  
bonsoir
  
Good Afternoon
barka da rana
  
bon Après-Midi
  
Good Morning
mai kyau safe
  
Bonjour
  
Please
Don Allah
  
S'il vous plaît
  
Sorry
yi hakuri
  
désolé
  
Bye
sai anjima
  
au revoir
  
I Love You
Ina son ku
  
Je t'aime
  
Excuse Me
gafara dai
  
Excuse Moi
  
Dialect 1
Gaananci
  
Quebec French
  
Where They Speak
Ghana
  
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
6,200,000.00
  
15
Dialect 2
Kurhwayanci
  
African French
  
Where They Speak
Niger
  
Africa
  
Dialect 3
Daragaram
  
Swiss French
  
Where They Speak
Niger
  
Northeast France, Switzerland
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,800,000.00
  
16
How Many People Speak?
50.00 million
  
28
163.00 million
  
11
Native Speakers
35.00 million
  
27
76.00 million
  
13
Second Language Speakers
15.00 million
  
18
87.00 million
  
11
Native Name
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)
  
français
  
Alternative Names
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa
  
Français
  
French Name
haoussa
  
français
  
German Name
Haussa-Sprache
  
Französisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
  
Ethnicity
Hausa–Fulani people
  
Not Available
  
Origin
14
  
9th Century
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Chadic
  
Romance
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old French, Middle French and French
  
Standard Forms
Hausa
  
Standard French
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ha
  
fr
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
hau
  
fra
  
ISO 639 2/B
hau
  
fre
  
ISO 639 3
hau
  
fra
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
fras
  
Glottocode
haus1257
  
stan1290
  
Linguasphere
19-HAA-b
  
51-AAA-i
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Hausa and French 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 French greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Hausa and French language. Hausa word for "Hello" is sannu or French word for "Thank You" is Merci. Find more of such common Hausa Greetings and French Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Hausa vs French Difficulty
The Hausa vs French difficulty level basically depends on the number of Hausa Alphabets and French 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 French are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Hausa and French, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Hausa is 44 weeks while to learn French time required is 24 weeks.