Countries
Nigeria
  
India, Pakistan
  
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 in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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)
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
50.00 million
  
28
154.30 million
  
12
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
  
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
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Not Available
  
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
  
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.