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Hausa vs Sanskrit


Sanskrit vs Hausa


Countries

Countries
Nigeria  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Gambia, Nigeria  
India  

Second Language
Nigeria  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia  

Minority Language
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

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.
  
  • Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
  • Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
  

Similar To
Not Available  
Old German Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Prakrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44  
24
52  
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
16  
13

How Many Consonants
32  
22
36  
26

Scripts
Latin  
Devanagari  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
20 weeks  
5

Greetings

Hello
sannu  
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)  

Thank You
gode ku  
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)  

How Are You?
yaya dai  
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)  

Good Night
mai kyau dare  
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)  

Good Evening
barka da yamma  
शुभः सायंकालः  

Good Afternoon
barka da rana  
शुभ दुपार  

Good Morning
mai kyau safe  
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)  

Please
Don Allah  
कृपया (kripayā)  

Sorry
yi hakuri  
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)  

Bye
sai anjima  
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)  

I Love You
Ina son ku  
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)  

Excuse Me
gafara dai  
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gaananci  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Ghana  
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Kurhwayanci  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Niger  
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Daragaram  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Niger  
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
20  
18
0  

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
50.00 million  
28
14.10 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.52 %  
28
Not Available  

Native Speakers
35.00 million  
27
14.10 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million  
18
Not Available  

Native Name
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)  
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)  

Alternative Names
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa  
Not Available  

French Name
haoussa  
sanskrit  

German Name
Haussa-Sprache  
Sanskrit  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[səmskr̩t̪əm]  

Ethnicity
Hausa–Fulani people  
Not Available  

History

Origin
14  
2000 B.C.  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Chadic  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Not Available  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Vedic Sanskrit  

Standard Forms
Hausa  
Sanskrit  

Language Position
34  
27
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ha  
sa  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hau  
san  

ISO 639 2/B
hau  
san  

ISO 639 3
hau  
san  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
haus1257  
sans1269  

Linguasphere
19-HAA-b  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Ancient  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Synthetic  

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Hausa and Sanskrit Language History

Comparison of Hausa vs Sanskrit language history gives us differences between origin of Hausa and Sanskrit language. History of Hausa language states that this language originated in 14 whereas history of Sanskrit language states that this language originated in 2000 B.C.. 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 Sanskrit Language History.

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

Hausa vs Sanskrit Difficulty

The Hausa vs Sanskrit difficulty level basically depends on the number of Hausa Alphabets and Sanskrit 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 Sanskrit are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Hausa and Sanskrit, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Hausa is 44 weeks while to learn Sanskrit time required is 20 weeks.

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