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
Not Available
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
50.00 million
  
28
231.00 million
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Portuguese
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.