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Hausa vs Sindhi


Sindhi vs Hausa


Countries

Countries
Nigeria   
India, Pakistan   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
Gambia, Nigeria   
India, Pakistan, Sindh   

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   
National Council For Promotion Of Sindhi Language, Sindhi Language Authority   

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.
  
  • The first writings of Sindhi language were found in 8th century CE.
  • In Sindhi language, every woord ends in a vowel.
  

Similar To
Not Available   
Gujarati   

Derived From
Not Available   
Prakrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44   
24
64   
37

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
10   
7

How Many Consonants
32   
22
42   
31

Scripts
Latin   
Arabic, Devanagari   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
sannu   
Assalam O Alaikum   

Thank You
gode ku   
Meharbani   

How Are You?
yaya dai   
Kehra haal aahin   

Good Night
mai kyau dare   
tava kia aayo   

Good Evening
barka da yamma   
Sham Jo Salam   

Good Afternoon
barka da rana   
Assalam o Alaikum   

Good Morning
mai kyau safe   
Subho Bakhair   

Please
Don Allah   
Mehrbani   

Sorry
yi hakuri   
Moon khe afsos aahe   

Bye
sai anjima   
Allah Wahi   

I Love You
Ina son ku   
Man tokhe prem karyan ti   

Excuse Me
gafara dai   
Maaf Kajo   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gaananci   
Siraiki   

Where They Speak
Ghana   
Upper Sindh   

Dialect 2
Kurhwayanci   
Vicholi   

Where They Speak
Niger   
Central Sindh   

Dialect 3
Daragaram   
Lari   

Where They Speak
Niger   
Lower Sindh   

Total No. Of Dialects
20   
18
6   
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
50.00 million   
28
29.00 million   
37

Speaking Population
0.52 %   
28
0.39 %   
34

Native Speakers
35.00 million   
27
25.00 million   
32

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million   
18
Not Available   

Native Name
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)   
Not Available   

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

French Name
haoussa   
sindhi   

German Name
Haussa-Sprache   
Sindhi-Sprache   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Hausa–Fulani people   
Not Available   

History

Origin
14   
711 A.D   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Chadic   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Not Available   

Standard Forms
Hausa   
Sindhi   

Language Position
34   
27
50   
37

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ha   
sd   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hau   
snd   

ISO 639 2/B
hau   
snd   

ISO 639 3
hau   
snd   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
haus1257   
sind1272   

Linguasphere
19-HAA-b   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Not Available   

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Hausa and Sindhi Language History

Comparison of Hausa vs Sindhi language history gives us differences between origin of Hausa and Sindhi language. History of Hausa language states that this language originated in 14 whereas history of Sindhi language states that this language originated in 711 A.D. 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 Sindhi Language History.

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

Hausa vs Sindhi Difficulty

The Hausa vs Sindhi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Hausa Alphabets and Sindhi 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 Sindhi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Hausa and Sindhi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Hausa is 44 weeks while to learn Sindhi time required is Not Available.

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