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Hausa vs Norwegian


Norwegian vs Hausa


Countries

Countries
Nigeria  
Norway  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Gambia, Nigeria  
Norway  

Second Language
Nigeria  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Europe, South America  

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

Regulated By
Not Available  
Norwegian Language Council  

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.
  
  • Bergen is one of the Norwegian dialect which has only two genders: common and neuter.
  • Since Norwegian language uses pitch accents, it has musical quality and are sometimes employed to distinguish the meanings of homonyms.
  

Similar To
Not Available  
Swedish and Danish Languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44  
24
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
9  
6

How Many Consonants
32  
22
20  
10

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
sannu  
hallo  

Thank You
gode ku  
takk  

How Are You?
yaya dai  
hvordan har du det?  

Good Night
mai kyau dare  
god natt  

Good Evening
barka da yamma  
god kveld  

Good Afternoon
barka da rana  
god ettermiddag  

Good Morning
mai kyau safe  
god morgen  

Please
Don Allah  
Vær så snill  

Sorry
yi hakuri  
unnskyld  

Bye
sai anjima  
ha det  

I Love You
Ina son ku  
Jeg Elsker Deg  

Excuse Me
gafara dai  
unnskyld meg  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gaananci  
Jamtlandic  

Where They Speak
Ghana  
Jamtland,Harjedalen  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
30,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Kurhwayanci  
Sognamål  

Where They Speak
Niger  
Sogn  

Dialect 3
Daragaram  
Hallingmål-Valdris  

Where They Speak
Niger  
Hallingdal, Valdres  

Total No. Of Dialects
20  
18
19  
17

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.52 %  
28
Not Available  

Native Speakers
35.00 million  
27
5.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million  
18
Not Available  

Native Name
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)  
Norsk  

Alternative Names
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa  
Norsk  

French Name
haoussa  
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien  

German Name
Haussa-Sprache  
Nynorsk  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian) [nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)  

Ethnicity
Hausa–Fulani people  
Norwegians  

History

Origin
14  
c. 1300 AD  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Chadic  
Germanic  

Branch
Not Available  
Northern (Scandinavian)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian  

Standard Forms
Hausa  
Nynorsk, Bokmål  

Language Position
34  
27
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Signed Norwegian  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
ha  
no  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hau  
nor  

ISO 639 2/B
hau  
nor  

ISO 639 3
hau  
nor  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
haus1257  
norw1258  

Linguasphere
19-HAA-b  
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Fusional  

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Hausa and Norwegian Language History

Comparison of Hausa vs Norwegian language history gives us differences between origin of Hausa and Norwegian language. History of Hausa language states that this language originated in 14 whereas history of Norwegian language states that this language originated in c. 1300 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 Norwegian Language History.

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

Hausa vs Norwegian Difficulty

The Hausa vs Norwegian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Hausa Alphabets and Norwegian 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 Norwegian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Hausa and Norwegian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Hausa is 44 weeks while to learn Norwegian time required is 24 weeks.

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