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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Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
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
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
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
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
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 6
Not Available
fras
Glottocode
haus1257
stan1290
Linguasphere
19-HAA-b
51-AAA-i
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.