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Hausa vs Spanish


Spanish vs Hausa


Countries

Countries
Nigeria  
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
46  
1

National Language
Gambia, Nigeria  
Spain  

Second Language
Nigeria  
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America  

Minority Language
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo  
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española  

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.
  
  • One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  

Similar To
Not Available  
French Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44  
24
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
5  
2

How Many Consonants
32  
22
22  
12

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
sannu  
hola  

Thank You
gode ku  
Gracias  

How Are You?
yaya dai  
Cómo estás?  

Good Night
mai kyau dare  
Buenas Noches  

Good Evening
barka da yamma  
Bonne soirée  

Good Afternoon
barka da rana  
Buenas Tardes  

Good Morning
mai kyau safe  
Buenos Días  

Please
Don Allah  
Por Favor  

Sorry
yi hakuri  
triste  

Bye
sai anjima  
adiós  

I Love You
Ina son ku  
Te Quiero  

Excuse Me
gafara dai  
Discúlpeme  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gaananci  
Mexican Spanish  

Where They Speak
Ghana  
Mexico  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
105,000,000.00  
5

Dialect 2
Kurhwayanci  
Cuban Spanish  

Where They Speak
Niger  
Cuba  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
11,000,000.00  
8

Dialect 3
Daragaram  
Puerto Rican Spanish  

Where They Speak
Niger  
Puerto Rico  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
3,900,000.00  
9

Total No. Of Dialects
20  
18
21  
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
50.00 million  
28
489.00 million  
3

Speaking Population
0.52 %  
28
6.15 %  
3

Native Speakers
35.00 million  
27
410.00 million  
2

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million  
18
89.50 million  
9

Native Name
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)  
Español  

Alternative Names
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa  
Castellano, Castilian, Español  

French Name
haoussa  
espagnol; castillan  

German Name
Haussa-Sprache  
Spanisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]  

Ethnicity
Hausa–Fulani people  
Not Available  

History

Origin
14  
210 BC  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Chadic  
Romance  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Spanish and Spanish  

Standard Forms
Hausa  
Pluricentric Standard Spanish  

Language Position
34  
27
2  
2

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Signed Spanish  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ha  
es  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hau  
spa  

ISO 639 2/B
hau  
spa  

ISO 639 3
hau  
spa  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
haus1257  
stan1288  

Linguasphere
19-HAA-b  
51-AAA-b  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Hausa and Spanish Language History

Comparison of Hausa vs Spanish language history gives us differences between origin of Hausa and Spanish language. History of Hausa language states that this language originated in 14 whereas history of Spanish language states that this language originated in 210 BC. 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 Spanish Language History.

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

Hausa vs Spanish Difficulty

The Hausa vs Spanish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Hausa Alphabets and Spanish 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 Spanish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Hausa and Spanish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Hausa is 44 weeks while to learn Spanish time required is 24 weeks.

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