Countries
Nigeria
  
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
  
National Language
Gambia, Nigeria
  
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
  
Second Language
Nigeria
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
  
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.
  
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
Similar To
Not Available
  
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Arabic Language
  
Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
sannu
  
Habari
  
Thank You
gode ku
  
Asante
  
How Are You?
yaya dai
  
Habari gani?
  
Good Night
mai kyau dare
  
Usiku mwema
  
Good Evening
barka da yamma
  
Habari za jioni
  
Good Afternoon
barka da rana
  
nzuri Alasiri
  
Good Morning
mai kyau safe
  
Habari za asubuhi
  
Please
Don Allah
  
tafadhali
  
Sorry
yi hakuri
  
pole
  
Bye
sai anjima
  
bye
  
I Love You
Ina son ku
  
nakupenda
  
Excuse Me
gafara dai
  
Samahani
  
Dialect 1
Gaananci
  
Kiunguja
  
Where They Speak
Ghana
  
Zanzibar island
  
Dialect 2
Kurhwayanci
  
Kimrima
  
Where They Speak
Niger
  
Dar es Salaam
  
Dialect 3
Daragaram
  
Kimgao
  
Where They Speak
Niger
  
Kilwa
  
How Many People Speak?
50.00 million
  
28
150.00 million
  
13
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
35.00 million
  
27
15.00 million
  
40
Second Language Speakers
15.00 million
  
18
Not Available
  
Native Name
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)
  
Not Available
  
Alternative Names
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa
  
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
  
French Name
haoussa
  
swahili
  
German Name
Haussa-Sprache
  
Swahili
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Hausa–Fulani people
  
Swahili people or Waswahili
  
Origin
14
  
6th century
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Chadic
  
Benue-Congo
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Bantu
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Hausa
  
Swahili
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
ha
  
sw
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
hau
  
swa
  
ISO 639 2/B
hau
  
swa
  
ISO 639 3
hau
  
swa
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
haus1257
  
swah1254
  
Linguasphere
19-HAA-b
  
99-AUS-m
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Not Available
  
Hausa and Swahili 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 Swahili greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Hausa and Swahili language. Hausa word for "Hello" is sannu or Swahili word for "Thank You" is Asante. Find more of such common Hausa Greetings and Swahili Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Hausa vs Swahili Difficulty
The Hausa vs Swahili difficulty level basically depends on the number of Hausa Alphabets and Swahili 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 Swahili are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Hausa and Swahili, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Hausa is 44 weeks while to learn Swahili time required is 36 weeks.