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Hausa vs Persian


Persian vs Hausa


Countries

Countries
Nigeria  
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
3  
12

National Language
Gambia, Nigeria  
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  

Second Language
Nigeria  
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia  

Minority Language
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo  
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan  

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 Iran, Parsi language is known as Farsi, while in Afghanistan Persian language is known as Dari.
  • Persian language has borrowed many loanwords from the Arabic language.
  

Similar To
Not Available  
Pashto and Balochi Languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Arabic Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44  
24
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
6  
3

How Many Consonants
32  
22
23  
13

Scripts
Latin  
Arabic  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
sannu  
سلام  

Thank You
gode ku  
متشکرم  

How Are You?
yaya dai  
چطور هستید?  

Good Night
mai kyau dare  
شب بخیر  

Good Evening
barka da yamma  
عصر بخیر  

Good Afternoon
barka da rana  
بعد از ظهر بخیر  

Good Morning
mai kyau safe  
صبح به خیر  

Please
Don Allah  
لطفا  

Sorry
yi hakuri  
متاسف  

Bye
sai anjima  
خدا حافظ  

I Love You
Ina son ku  
من شما را دوست دارم  

Excuse Me
gafara dai  
ببخشيد!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gaananci  
Western Persian  

Where They Speak
Ghana  
Iran, Iraq  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
47,000,000.00  
7

Dialect 2
Kurhwayanci  
Dari Persian  

Where They Speak
Niger  
Afganistan  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
12,500,000.00  
7

Dialect 3
Daragaram  
Tajik Persian  

Where They Speak
Niger  
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
7,900,000.00  
6

Total No. Of Dialects
20  
18
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
50.00 million  
28
65.00 million  
26

Speaking Population
0.52 %  
28
0.99 %  
20

Native Speakers
35.00 million  
27
65.00 million  
17

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million  
18
Not Available  

Native Name
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)  
فارسی  

Alternative Names
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa  
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian  

French Name
haoussa  
persan  

German Name
Haussa-Sprache  
Persisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[fɒːɾˈsiː]  

Ethnicity
Hausa–Fulani people  
Persian people  

History

Origin
14  
1500 BC  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Chadic  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Not Available  
Iranian  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Persian and Middle Persian  

Standard Forms
Hausa  
Persian  

Language Position
34  
27
23  
19

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Persian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ha  
fa  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hau  
fas  

ISO 639 2/B
hau  
per  

ISO 639 3
hau  
pes  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
haus1257  
fars1254  

Linguasphere
19-HAA-b  
58-AAC-c  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Synthetic  

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Hausa and Persian Language History

Comparison of Hausa vs Persian language history gives us differences between origin of Hausa and Persian language. History of Hausa language states that this language originated in 14 whereas history of Persian language states that this language originated in 1500 BC. 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 Persian Language History.

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

Hausa vs Persian Difficulty

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

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