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Hausa vs Malaysian


Malaysian vs Hausa


Countries

Countries
Nigeria  
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
3  
12

National Language
Gambia, Nigeria  
Malaysia  

Second Language
Nigeria  
Indonesia  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia  

Minority Language
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo  
Thailand  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka  

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 most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
  • Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
  

Similar To
Not Available  
Indonesian Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Tamil Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44  
24
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
6  
3

How Many Consonants
32  
22
24  
14

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
36 weeks  
10

Greetings

Hello
sannu  
Hai  

Thank You
gode ku  
terima kasih  

How Are You?
yaya dai  
Apa khabar?  

Good Night
mai kyau dare  
Selamat Malam  

Good Evening
barka da yamma  
Selamat Petang  

Good Afternoon
barka da rana  
Selamat tengah hari  

Good Morning
mai kyau safe  
Selamat pagi  

Please
Don Allah  
sila  

Sorry
yi hakuri  
maaf  

Bye
sai anjima  
Selamat tinggal  

I Love You
Ina son ku  
Saya sayang kamu  

Excuse Me
gafara dai  
Maafkan saya  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gaananci  
Bengkulu  

Where They Speak
Ghana  
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
1,600,000.00  
25

Dialect 2
Kurhwayanci  
Pekal  

Where They Speak
Niger  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
30,000.00  
40

Dialect 3
Daragaram  
Musi  

Where They Speak
Niger  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
3,100,000.00  
11

Total No. Of Dialects
20  
18
24  
20

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
50.00 million  
28
175.00 million  
10

Speaking Population
0.52 %  
28
1.16 %  
14

Native Speakers
35.00 million  
27
77.00 million  
12

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million  
18
98.00 million  
8

Native Name
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)  
Bahasa melayu  

Alternative Names
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa  
Not Available  

French Name
haoussa  
malais  

German Name
Haussa-Sprache  
Malaiisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]  

Ethnicity
Hausa–Fulani people  
Not Available  

History

Origin
14  
c. 683 AD  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
Chadic  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,  

Standard Forms
Hausa  
Pluricentric Standard Malay  

Language Position
34  
27
54  
39

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Malaysian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ha  
ms  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hau  
msa  

ISO 639 2/B
hau  
may  

ISO 639 3
hau  
zsm  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
haus1257  
stan1306  

Linguasphere
19-HAA-b  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Agglutinative  

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Hausa and Malaysian Language History

Comparison of Hausa vs Malaysian language history gives us differences between origin of Hausa and Malaysian language. History of Hausa language states that this language originated in 14 whereas history of Malaysian language states that this language originated in c. 683 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 Malaysian Language History.

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

Hausa vs Malaysian Difficulty

The Hausa vs Malaysian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Hausa Alphabets and Malaysian 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 Malaysian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Hausa and Malaysian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Hausa is 44 weeks while to learn Malaysian time required is 36 weeks.

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