Countries
Nigeria
  
Japan
  
National Language
Gambia, Nigeria
  
Japan
  
Second Language
Nigeria
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Asia, Pacific
  
Minority Language
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo
  
Palau
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
  
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.
  
- In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  
Similar To
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Korean Language
  
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Hausa-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Japanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Kana
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
sannu
  
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
  
Thank You
gode ku
  
ありがとう (Arigatō)
  
How Are You?
yaya dai
  
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
  
Good Night
mai kyau dare
  
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
  
Good Evening
barka da yamma
  
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
  
Good Afternoon
barka da rana
  
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
  
Good Morning
mai kyau safe
  
おはよう (Ohayō)
  
Please
Don Allah
  
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
  
Sorry
yi hakuri
  
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
  
Bye
sai anjima
  
さようなら (Sayōnara)
  
I Love You
Ina son ku
  
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
  
Excuse Me
gafara dai
  
すみません (Sumimasen)
  
Dialect 1
Gaananci
  
Sanuki
  
Where They Speak
Ghana
  
Kagawa
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,000,000.00
  
28
Dialect 2
Kurhwayanci
  
Hakata
  
Where They Speak
Niger
  
Fukuoka
  
Dialect 3
Daragaram
  
Kansai
  
Where They Speak
Niger
  
kansai
  
How Many People Speak?
50.00 million
  
28
128.00 million
  
14
Native Speakers
35.00 million
  
27
128.00 million
  
9
Second Language Speakers
15.00 million
  
18
Not Available
  
Native Name
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)
  
日本語
  
Alternative Names
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa
  
Not Available
  
French Name
haoussa
  
japonais
  
German Name
Haussa-Sprache
  
Japanisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
  
Ethnicity
Hausa–Fulani people
  
Japanese (Yamato)
  
Origin
14
  
1185
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Japonic Family
  
Subgroup
Chadic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
  
Standard Forms
Hausa
  
Japanese
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Japanese
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ha
  
ja
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
hau
  
jpn
  
ISO 639 2/B
hau
  
jpn
  
ISO 639 3
hau
  
jpn
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
haus1257
  
nucl1643
  
Linguasphere
19-HAA-b
  
45-CAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Agglutinative, Synthetic
  
Hausa and Japanese 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 Japanese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Hausa and Japanese language. Hausa word for "Hello" is sannu or Japanese word for "Thank You" is ありがとう (Arigatō). Find more of such common Hausa Greetings and Japanese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Hausa vs Japanese Difficulty
The Hausa vs Japanese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Hausa Alphabets and Japanese 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 Japanese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Hausa and Japanese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Hausa is 44 weeks while to learn Japanese time required is 88 weeks.