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Hausa vs Portuguese


Portuguese vs Hausa


Countries

Countries
Nigeria  
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
10  
6

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
Not Available  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44  
24
23  
5

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
9  
6

How Many Consonants
32  
22
19  
9

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
sannu  
Olá  

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  

Sorry
yi hakuri  
pesaroso  

Bye
sai anjima  
tchau  

I Love You
Ina son ku  
Eu te amo  

Excuse Me
gafara dai  
desculpe me  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gaananci  
Brazilian Portuguese  

Where They Speak
Ghana  
Brazil  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
204,000,000.00  
4

Dialect 2
Kurhwayanci  
European Portuguese  

Where They Speak
Niger  
Portugal  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
10,000,000.00  
9

Dialect 3
Daragaram  
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole  

Where They Speak
Niger  
Daman and Diu  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
4,000.00  
36

Total No. Of Dialects
20  
18
26  
22

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
50.00 million  
28
231.00 million  
7

Speaking Population
0.52 %  
28
3.27 %  
7

Native Speakers
35.00 million  
27
216.00 million  
5

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million  
18
15.00 million  
18

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  

History

Origin
14  
3rd Century  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Chadic  
Romance  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Medieval Galician  

Standard Forms
Hausa  
Portuguese  

Language Position
34  
27
6  
6

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Signed Portuguese  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ha  
pt  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hau  
por  

ISO 639 2/B
hau  
por  

ISO 639 3
hau  
por  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
haus1257  
port1283  

Linguasphere
19-HAA-b  
51-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Not Available  

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Hausa and Portuguese Language History

Comparison of Hausa vs Portuguese language history gives us differences between origin of Hausa and Portuguese language. History of Hausa language states that this language originated in 14 whereas history of Portuguese language states that this language originated in 3rd Century. 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 Portuguese Language History.

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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.

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