Countries
Nigeria
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
National Language
Gambia, Nigeria
Portugal
Second Language
Nigeria
United States of America
Speaking Continents
Africa
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
Minority Language
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
Regulated By
Not Available
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
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.
- Portuguese language has absorbed many words from French, Italian, Arabic and also from indigenous South American and African languages.
- The first written document in Portuguese language was found in the 12th century.
Similar To
Not Available
Spanish and Galician Languages
Derived From
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Latin
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
gode ku
obrigado
How Are You?
yaya dai
Como você está?
Good Night
mai kyau dare
boa noite
Good Evening
barka da yamma
boa Noite
Good Afternoon
barka da rana
boa Tarde
Good Morning
mai kyau safe
bom Dia
Please
Don Allah
Por Favor
I Love You
Ina son ku
Eu te amo
Excuse Me
gafara dai
desculpe me
Dialect 1
Gaananci
Brazilian Portuguese
Where They Speak
Ghana
Brazil
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Kurhwayanci
European Portuguese
Where They Speak
Niger
Portugal
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Daragaram
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
Where They Speak
Niger
Daman and Diu
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Native Name
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)
Português
Alternative Names
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa
Português
French Name
haoussa
portugais
German Name
Haussa-Sprache
Portugiesisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
Ethnicity
Hausa–Fulani people
Portuguese people or portugueses
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Medieval Galician
Standard Forms
Hausa
Portuguese
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Portuguese
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
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Glottocode
haus1257
port1283
Linguasphere
19-HAA-b
51-AAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Not Available
Hausa and Portuguese 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 Portuguese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Hausa and Portuguese language. Hausa word for "Hello" is sannu or Portuguese word for "Thank You" is obrigado. Find more of such common Hausa Greetings and Portuguese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Hausa vs Portuguese Difficulty
The Hausa vs Portuguese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Hausa Alphabets and Portuguese 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 Portuguese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Hausa and Portuguese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Hausa is 44 weeks while to learn Portuguese time required is 24 weeks.