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Hausa vs Gujarati


Gujarati vs Hausa


Countries

Countries
Nigeria  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Gambia, Nigeria  
India  

Second Language
Nigeria  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia  

Minority Language
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo  
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia  

Regulated By
Not Available  
NA  

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.
  
  • Gujarati was the first language of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi("Father of the Nation of India") and Vallabhbhai Patel ("Iron Man of India").
  • Most of the words in Gujarati language are adopted from Sanskrit.
  

Similar To
Not Available  
Bengali Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44  
24
47  
27

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
8  
5

How Many Consonants
32  
22
31  
21

Scripts
Latin  
Devanagari  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
Not Available  

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
18 weeks  
4

Greetings

Hello
sannu  
નમસ્તે (namaste)  

Thank You
gode ku  
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)  

How Are You?
yaya dai  
કેમ છો (kem cho?)  

Good Night
mai kyau dare  
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)  

Good Evening
barka da yamma  
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)  

Good Afternoon
barka da rana  
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)  

Good Morning
mai kyau safe  
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)  

Please
Don Allah  
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)  

Sorry
yi hakuri  
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)  

Bye
sai anjima  
બાય (Bāya)  

I Love You
Ina son ku  
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)  

Excuse Me
gafara dai  
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gaananci  
Kathiyawadi  

Where They Speak
Ghana  
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America  

Dialect 2
Kurhwayanci  
Kharwa  

Where They Speak
Niger  
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America  

Dialect 3
Daragaram  
Not Available  

Where They Speak
Niger  
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
20  
18
8  
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
50.00 million  
28
60.00 million  
27

Speaking Population
0.52 %  
28
0.74 %  
24

Native Speakers
35.00 million  
27
50.00 million  
22

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million  
18
Not Available  

Native Name
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)  
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)  

Alternative Names
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa  
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi  

French Name
haoussa  
goudjrati  

German Name
Haussa-Sprache  
Gujarati-Sprache  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]  

Ethnicity
Hausa–Fulani people  
Gujaratis  

History

Origin
14  
15  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Chadic  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Not Available  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Gujarati  

Standard Forms
Hausa  
Modern Gujarati  

Language Position
34  
27
23  
19

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ha  
gu  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hau  
guj  

ISO 639 2/B
hau  
guj  

ISO 639 3
hau  
guj  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
haus1257  
guja1252  

Linguasphere
19-HAA-b  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Not Available  

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Hausa and Gujarati Language History

Comparison of Hausa vs Gujarati language history gives us differences between origin of Hausa and Gujarati language. History of Hausa language states that this language originated in 14 whereas history of Gujarati language states that this language originated in 15. 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 Gujarati Language History.

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

Hausa vs Gujarati Difficulty

The Hausa vs Gujarati difficulty level basically depends on the number of Hausa Alphabets and Gujarati 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 Gujarati are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Hausa and Gujarati, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Hausa is 44 weeks while to learn Gujarati time required is 18 weeks.

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