Countries
Nigeria
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
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
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Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages
Derived From
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Proto-Slavic Vocabulary
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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)
Dialect 1
Gaananci
Doukhobor Russian
Where They Speak
Ghana
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Kurhwayanci
Olonets
Where They Speak
Niger
Olonets
Dialect 3
Daragaram
Novgorod
Where They Speak
Niger
Novgorod
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
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family
Branch
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Eastern
Early Forms
No early forms
Old East Slavic
Standard Forms
Hausa
Standard Russian
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Russian
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
haus1257
russ1263
Linguasphere
19-HAA-b
53-AAA-ea
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Fusional, Synthetic
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.