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Hausa vs Japanese


Japanese vs Hausa


Countries

Countries
Nigeria   
Japan   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

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
Not Available   
Korean Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44   
24
99   
40

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
5   
2

How Many Consonants
32   
22
14   
4

Scripts
Latin   
Kana   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

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)   

Dialects

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   

Total No. Of Dialects
20   
18
31   
25

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
50.00 million   
28
128.00 million   
14

Speaking Population
0.52 %   
28
1.90 %   
10

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)   

History

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   

Language Position
34   
27
8   
8

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Japanese   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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   

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Hausa and Japanese Language History

Comparison of Hausa vs Japanese language history gives us differences between origin of Hausa and Japanese language. History of Hausa language states that this language originated in 14 whereas history of Japanese language states that this language originated in 1185. 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 Japanese Language History.

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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.

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