Countries
Nigeria
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
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 in
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Writing Direction
Not Available
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
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
I Love You
Ina son ku
من شما را دوست دارم
Excuse Me
gafara dai
ببخشيد!
Dialect 1
Gaananci
Western Persian
Where They Speak
Ghana
Iran, Iraq
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Kurhwayanci
Dari Persian
Where They Speak
Niger
Afganistan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Daragaram
Tajik Persian
Where They Speak
Niger
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
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
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Chadic
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Not Available
Iranian
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian
Standard Forms
Hausa
Persian
Signed Forms
Not Available
Persian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
haus1257
fars1254
Linguasphere
19-HAA-b
58-AAC-c
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Synthetic
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.