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Hausa vs German


German vs Hausa


Countries

Countries
Nigeria  
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
7  
8

National Language
Gambia, Nigeria  
Germany  

Second Language
Nigeria  
North Dakota, United States of America  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Europe  

Minority Language
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo  
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Council for German Orthography  

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.
  
  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  

Similar To
Not Available  
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Albanian Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44  
24
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
10  
7

How Many Consonants
32  
22
9  
1

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
30 weeks  
9

Greetings

Hello
sannu  
hallo  

Thank You
gode ku  
Danke  

How Are You?
yaya dai  
Wie geht es dir?  

Good Night
mai kyau dare  
gute Nacht  

Good Evening
barka da yamma  
guten Abend  

Good Afternoon
barka da rana  
guten Tag  

Good Morning
mai kyau safe  
guten Morgen  

Please
Don Allah  
bitte  

Sorry
yi hakuri  
Verzeihung  

Bye
sai anjima  
Tschüs  

I Love You
Ina son ku  
Ich liebe dich  

Excuse Me
gafara dai  
Entschuldigung  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gaananci  
Swiss German  

Where They Speak
Ghana  
Switzerland  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
4,500,000.00  
18

Dialect 2
Kurhwayanci  
Swabian German  

Where They Speak
Niger  
Germany  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
820,000.00  
26

Dialect 3
Daragaram  
Texas German  

Where They Speak
Niger  
Texas  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
6,000.00  
35

Total No. Of Dialects
20  
18
28  
23

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
50.00 million  
28
229.00 million  
8

Speaking Population
0.52 %  
28
1.39 %  
12

Native Speakers
35.00 million  
27
101.00 million  
10

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million  
18
128.00 million  
5

Native Name
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)  
Deutsch  

Alternative Names
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa  
Deutsch, Tedesco  

French Name
haoussa  
allemand  

German Name
Haussa-Sprache  
Deutsch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]  

Ethnicity
Hausa–Fulani people  
Germans  

History

Origin
14  
6th Century AD  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Chadic  
Germanic  

Branch
Not Available  
Western  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Hausa  
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German  

Language Position
34  
27
9  
9

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Signed German  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ha  
de  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hau  
deu  

ISO 639 2/B
hau  
ger  

ISO 639 3
hau  
deu  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
deus  

Glottocode
haus1257  
high1287, uppe1397  

Linguasphere
19-HAA-b  
52-ACB–dl & -dm  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Hausa and German Language History

Comparison of Hausa vs German language history gives us differences between origin of Hausa and German language. History of Hausa language states that this language originated in 14 whereas history of German language states that this language originated in 6th Century AD. 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 German Language History.

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

Hausa vs German Difficulty

The Hausa vs German difficulty level basically depends on the number of Hausa Alphabets and German 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 German are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Hausa and German, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Hausa is 44 weeks while to learn German time required is 30 weeks.

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