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Hausa vs Konkani


Konkani 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  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Govenment of Goa  

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.
  
  • Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
  • Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
  

Similar To
Not Available  
Marathi  

Derived From
Not Available  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44  
24
52  
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
16  
13

How Many Consonants
32  
22
36  
26

Scripts
Latin  
Devanagari  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
4 weeks  
2

Greetings

Hello
sannu  
Namaskar  

Thank You
gode ku  
Dev Borem Korum  

How Are You?
yaya dai  
kaso assa?  

Good Night
mai kyau dare  
Rati Boren Zavonn  

Good Evening
barka da yamma  
Sanj Borem Zavonn  

Good Afternoon
barka da rana  
Not Available  

Good Morning
mai kyau safe  
Dis Borem Zavonn  

Please
Don Allah  
Chike  

Sorry
yi hakuri  
Maf kor  

Bye
sai anjima  
Adeus  

I Love You
Ina son ku  
hav tujo mog korta.  

Excuse Me
gafara dai  
upkar korxi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gaananci  
Antruz  

Where They Speak
Ghana  
Goa  

Dialect 2
Kurhwayanci  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Niger  
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Daragaram  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Niger  
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
20  
18
1  
1

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
50.00 million  
28
7.40 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.52 %  
28
0.11 %  
99+

Native Speakers
35.00 million  
27
7.40 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million  
18
Not Available  

Native Name
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)  
Kōṅkaṇī  

Alternative Names
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa  
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese  

French Name
haoussa  
konkani  

German Name
Haussa-Sprache  
Konkani  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
kõkɳi  

Ethnicity
Hausa–Fulani people  
Konkanis  

History

Origin
14  
1209 A.D.  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Chadic  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Hausa  
Kokani  

Language Position
34  
27
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Indian Signing System (ISS)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual, Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
ha  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hau  
kok  

ISO 639 2/B
hau  
kok  

ISO 639 3
hau  
kok  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
haus1257  
goan1235  

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 Konkani Language History

Comparison of Hausa vs Konkani language history gives us differences between origin of Hausa and Konkani language. History of Hausa language states that this language originated in 14 whereas history of Konkani language states that this language originated in 1209 A.D.. 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 Konkani Language History.

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

Hausa vs Konkani Difficulty

The Hausa vs Konkani difficulty level basically depends on the number of Hausa Alphabets and Konkani 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 Konkani are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Hausa and Konkani, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Hausa is 44 weeks while to learn Konkani time required is 4 weeks.

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