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Hausa vs Punjabi


Punjabi vs Hausa


Countries

Countries
Nigeria  
India, Pakistan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Gambia, Nigeria  
India, Pakistan  

Second Language
Nigeria  
Pakistan  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia  

Minority Language
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo  
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Not Available  

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.
  
  • Punjabi is 2nd most spoken in United Kingdom and 4th most spoken in Canada.
  • Punjabi is tonal language, by using various tones Punjabi speakers are able to differentiate between words.
  

Similar To
Not Available  
Hindi Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44  
24
53  
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
9  
6

How Many Consonants
32  
22
41  
30

Scripts
Latin  
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
6 weeks  
3

Greetings

Hello
sannu  
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)  

Thank You
gode ku  
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)  

How Are You?
yaya dai  
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)  

Good Night
mai kyau dare  
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)  

Good Evening
barka da yamma  
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)  

Good Afternoon
barka da rana  
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)  

Good Morning
mai kyau safe  
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)  

Please
Don Allah  
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)  

Sorry
yi hakuri  
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)  

Bye
sai anjima  
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)  

I Love You
Ina son ku  
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)  

Excuse Me
gafara dai  
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gaananci  
Pothohari  

Where They Speak
Ghana  
Pakistan  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
2,500,000.00  
22

Dialect 2
Kurhwayanci  
Saraiki  

Where They Speak
Niger  
Afganistan, India, Pakistan  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
20,000,000.00  
5

Dialect 3
Daragaram  
Doabi  

Where They Speak
Niger  
Pakistan, Punjab, India  

Total No. Of Dialects
20  
18
30  
24

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
50.00 million  
28
154.30 million  
12

Speaking Population
0.52 %  
28
1.44 %  
11

Native Speakers
35.00 million  
27
100.00 million  
11

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million  
18
54.30 million  
12

Native Name
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)  
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی  

Alternative Names
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa  
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi  

French Name
haoussa  
pendjabi  

German Name
Haussa-Sprache  
Pandschabi-Sprache  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Availble  

Ethnicity
Hausa–Fulani people  
Punjabis  

History

Origin
14  
1000 AD  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Chadic  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Not Available  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi  

Standard Forms
Hausa  
Modern Punjabi  

Language Position
34  
27
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Indian Signing System (ISS)  

Scope
Individual  
Not Available  

Code

ISO 639 1
ha  
pa  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hau  
pan  

ISO 639 2/B
hau  
pan  

ISO 639 3
hau  
pan  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
haus1257  
panj1256  

Linguasphere
19-HAA-b  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Not Available  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Fusional  

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Hausa and Punjabi Language History

Comparison of Hausa vs Punjabi language history gives us differences between origin of Hausa and Punjabi language. History of Hausa language states that this language originated in 14 whereas history of Punjabi language states that this language originated in 1000 AD. 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 Punjabi Language History.

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

Hausa vs Punjabi Difficulty

The Hausa vs Punjabi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Hausa Alphabets and Punjabi 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 Punjabi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Hausa and Punjabi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Hausa is 44 weeks while to learn Punjabi time required is 6 weeks.

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