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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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