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Hausa vs Russian


Russian vs Hausa


Countries

Countries
Nigeria  
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
4  
11

National Language
Gambia, Nigeria  
Russia  

Second Language
Nigeria  
Afganistan  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo  
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences  

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.
  
  • In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
  • In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
  

Similar To
Not Available  
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44  
24
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
10  
7

How Many Consonants
32  
22
21  
11

Scripts
Latin  
Cyrillic  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
sannu  
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)  

Thank You
gode ku  
спасибо(spasibo)  

How Are You?
yaya dai  
Как дела? (Kak dela?)  

Good Night
mai kyau dare  
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)  

Good Evening
barka da yamma  
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)  

Good Afternoon
barka da rana  
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')  

Good Morning
mai kyau safe  
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)  

Please
Don Allah  
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)  

Sorry
yi hakuri  
Извините(Izvinite)  

Bye
sai anjima  
до свидания(do svidaniya)  

I Love You
Ina son ku  
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)  

Excuse Me
gafara dai  
извините(izvinite)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gaananci  
Doukhobor Russian  

Where They Speak
Ghana  
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
30,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Kurhwayanci  
Olonets  

Where They Speak
Niger  
Olonets  

Dialect 3
Daragaram  
Novgorod  

Where They Speak
Niger  
Novgorod  

Total No. Of Dialects
20  
18
13  
13

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
50.00 million  
28
276.00 million  
6

Speaking Population
0.52 %  
28
2.33 %  
9

Native Speakers
35.00 million  
27
166.00 million  
8

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million  
18
110.00 million  
7

Native Name
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)  
Русский  

Alternative Names
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa  
Russki  

French Name
haoussa  
russe  

German Name
Haussa-Sprache  
Russisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]  

Ethnicity
Hausa–Fulani people  
Russians  

History

Origin
14  
1000 AD  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family  

Subgroup
Chadic  
Slavic  

Branch
Not Available  
Eastern  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old East Slavic  

Standard Forms
Hausa  
Standard Russian  

Language Position
34  
27
7  
7

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Signed Russian  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ha  
ru  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hau  
rus  

ISO 639 2/B
hau  
rus  

ISO 639 3
hau  
rus  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
haus1257  
russ1263  

Linguasphere
19-HAA-b  
53-AAA-ea  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Hausa and Russian Language History

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

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

Hausa vs Russian Difficulty

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

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