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Hausa vs Urdu


Urdu vs Hausa


Countries

Countries
Nigeria  
India, Pakistan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Gambia, Nigeria  
Pakistan  

Second Language
Nigeria  
Pakistan  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia, Oceania  

Minority Language
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo  
India  

Regulated By
Not Available  
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan  

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.
  
  • Urdu is a language of beauty and grace, that adds meaning to prose and charm to poetry.
  • Different languages such as Arabic, Persian and Turkish gave birth and richness to Urdu.
  

Similar To
Not Available  
Arabic and Hindi Languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Ghaznavid Persian Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44  
24
52  
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
10  
7

How Many Consonants
32  
22
40  
29

Scripts
Latin  
Arabic  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
sannu  
خوش آمديد  

Thank You
gode ku  
آپ کا شکریہ  

How Are You?
yaya dai  
آپ کیسے ہیں؟  

Good Night
mai kyau dare  
گڈ نائٹ  

Good Evening
barka da yamma  
سلام علیکم  

Good Afternoon
barka da rana  
گڈ آفٹر نون  

Good Morning
mai kyau safe  
گڈ مارننگ  

Please
Don Allah  
براہ مہربانی  

Sorry
yi hakuri  
معاف کرنا  

Bye
sai anjima  
الوداع  

I Love You
Ina son ku  
مجھے تم سے محبت  

Excuse Me
gafara dai  
معاف کیجئے گا  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gaananci  
Dakhini  

Where They Speak
Ghana  
India  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
11,000,000.00  
12

Dialect 2
Kurhwayanci  
Hyderabadi Urdu  

Where They Speak
Niger  
India  

Dialect 3
Daragaram  
Rekhta  

Where They Speak
Niger  
South Asia  

Total No. Of Dialects
20  
18
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
50.00 million  
28
104.00 million  
15

Speaking Population
0.52 %  
28
0.99 %  
20

Native Speakers
35.00 million  
27
61.00 million  
19

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million  
18
43.00 million  
14

Native Name
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)  
اُردُو  

Alternative Names
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa  
Bihari  

French Name
haoussa  
ourdou  

German Name
Haussa-Sprache  
Urdu  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[ˈʊrd̪u]  

Ethnicity
Hausa–Fulani people  
Not Available  

History

Origin
14  
12th Century CE  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Chadic  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Not Available  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Hausa  
Modern Standard Urdu  

Language Position
34  
27
20  
18

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Signed Urdu  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ha  
ur  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hau  
urd  

ISO 639 2/B
hau  
urd  

ISO 639 3
hau  
urd  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
haus1257  
urdu1245  

Linguasphere
19-HAA-b  
59-AAF-q  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Fusional  

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Hausa and Urdu Language History

Comparison of Hausa vs Urdu language history gives us differences between origin of Hausa and Urdu language. History of Hausa language states that this language originated in 14 whereas history of Urdu language states that this language originated in 12th Century CE. 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 Urdu Language History.

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

Hausa vs Urdu Difficulty

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

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